Any Suggestions?

[Shaolin-Do]

Ugh... I have a 5 Page philosophical piece due tomorrow...
Topic is "focus on a moment you truly learned something. You mihgt think of this as a time when the light went on in your head, a flash of insight, or the moment you finally "got it"--perhaps after quite a period of study or effort."
Im kinda stumped on what to write about...
Any ideas?

[KC Elbows]

Dunno, I have no idea what moments you became more aware. Perhaps a time you had trouble with a technique and it became clear to you? Or a moment you worked a succesful tactic against a sparring partner who you had trouble with before?

[Shaolin-Do]

this topic is stressin me the f*ck out. I dont have "light bulbs go off in my head"... I get shown things, and I learn them. I dont sit around for 2 days marinating in thought... I just learn sh!t.
Examples my teacher gave were... learning right from left.. learning to swim... learning to tie a shoe... All very childish learning experiences... I didnt have a hard time with any of that...

Its gotta be 5 pages too...
f*ck english.

[norther practitioner]

5 pages isn't too bad.. hey, why don't you write about when the light went off in you head about SD... oh wait, nevermind, or how about the time when you realized that smoking weed kills you short term memory, no, wait, how about the time when ....

[apoweyn]

That's the beauty of English classes, Shaolin-Do.

They're looking for thought. Not for a correct answer.

So you never went through an epiphany. Talk about that. Talk about how the learning experience does work for you. Talk about how understanding is a gradual process and what you think of the idea of epiphanies. Does the whole notion of enlightenment sound like a crock of sh|t to you? If so, why? If not, why not?


Stuart B.

[Shaolin-Do]

Exactly.

Heres what I have so far...
"In honest opinion, this is an extremely unfair topic. In all my learning experiences, that I can recall, I just learn things… There is no “light bulb” to it. I do not sit and marinate over certain events, trying to figure them out. I watch things unfold and learn as it happens… So on with this note, I will write on something I have learned, if not at 1 moment in time, but through my entire life."

Still not sure what Im gonna write... Probably about personal interactions, realization of how interpersonal actions affect others...

[Raatra]

apoweyn is right. However, some teachers are anal and will say "well, you should have thought of something, you just danced around the topic."

[Shaolin-Do]

Apoweyn is right, but I just realized what topic Ima write on.
Ill post my paper when its finished.

[apoweyn]

"I just realized... "

And this from a guy who doesn't believe in epiphanies.


Stuart B.

p.s. I'd bag the "this is an unfair topic" angle. It's not unfair. It's a bit like the Matrix. There are rules. Some can be bent. Others can be broken. And learning to do both is part of the fun.

Good luck, mate.

[Shaolin-Do]

She wanted an epiphany about something physical we learned.. is alright. I got a topic, although its not about tying shoes...
Edit: The herbs make remembering epiphanies more difficult than tying a knot with 2" thick steel.

[norther practitioner]

There are rules. Some can be bent. Others can be broken. And learning to do both is part of the fun.

That is great... I like that, might have to use it some time.

Yeah, I'd definitely take out that whole unfair thing...

'cause you prob. have had an epiphany, you just don't remember it like that 'cause you....... oh, never mind.

[Shaolin-Do]

I already did take it out... Cant have that and then write about an epiphany...
I was just trying to think of happy things to write about, but the only topic I got is serious as f*ck.

[apoweyn]

Well don't keep us in suspense.

[Shaolin-Do]

Im already feeling like an @sshole typing this paper.
I cant tell what its about until Im done, or it will ruin the story... Generally, its about what a ruthless little b@stard I was in elementary/middle school, but significantly deeper than that.

[apoweyn]

Well, it's your paper dude. I'm not going to tell you what to think or write. But if you're feeling like an arsehole at the mere thought of it...

Personally, I think a paper investigating the internalization of a technique, from the teacher's first demo to your successful use of it in a sparring match, would be very cool. Just putting it out there. And I don't think it matters that such a thing isn't 'sudden.'


Stuart B.