Morning meeting by Franz – D45

So, yesterday I was watching this TEDTalk about “The transformative powers of classical music” by Benjamin Zander, and I found it great and posted it in the group MPC at UFM. To my surprise, Franz decided to share this TEDTalk and at first I thought he didn’t prepare anything and saw my post on the group, so I was a little disappointed of him, but then, I saw my post and found out he didn’t saw it and that it was a very rare coincidence. Do great minds think alike? Maybe it was just a happy coincidence because it was a great talk. Everybody enjoyed it a lot. By the way, we changed Agora with the Morning meeting because of some sound difficulties.

At 9:30 a.m. we had a dialogue about “Apology” by Plato. We read out loud the first paragraphs and then discussed them, reaching to the conclusion (with a lot of Bert’s interventions, almost as if he dominated the dialogue) that Socrates, in his defense, is not only making the context and structuring his arguments for future refutation of the prosecutors’ arguments, but he is teaching how human mind works. It was a good dialogue for the Epicycle 1 about Classical Works. 

Dialogue with Kyle and Debriefing – D31

This afternoon we didn’t had programming class, but instead, talked with Kyle about our curriculum and our process at the MPC. I really like that he is genuinely interested in what is happening at the MPC and with our learning process, and I appreciate that. He also showed us the Pomodoro Method, which is to work for 25 minutes and then rest for 5. Also, that he stands up for working and then rests for 5 minutes and read some book’s pages, randomly. I think I’ll try the Pomodoro Method.

Then, we had a dialogue about chapter 2 of Taming the Infinite, and talked mostly about music, which was a lot of fun and instructing. Alejo also helped a lot with his insights and expertise on music. We discussed how sound waves work and how Pythagoreans saw the world through music.

To end our day, we had some debriefing, which was pretty chill and funny. We talked about things to do like an a cappella group, making the MPC journal, and I proposed to come with costumes for Halloween. The funniest thing of this part of the day was Bert’s joke suggesting that Pablito should come in a Sister Miriam Joseph costume!

Here’s how I picture him! (Sorry Pablito)