Remedial Day… NOT, I’m sick ☹

Today it was another remedial day, but I didn’t go to the MPC because I wanted to recover from my flu and rest to get better. Sorry pals, it’s for the good of all of us!

Don Quijote Dialogue 2 (with Amable) – D57

I have been a “little” sick and my nose was dropping like a faucet, so I didn’t enjoy too much the Don Quijote dialogue. Today Karen joined us and brought Manchego cheese, quince jelly, and crackers (very thoughtful and Spaniard). Ana Isa also joined us for the dialogue. We discussed chapters IV and VI.

Later, we went to see the new MPC space and to visualize what we would like it to be and make a wish list. After that, it was lunchtime and I went home since I was sick. 

Majo’s Morning Meeting – D57

Today’s facilitator for the morning meeting was Majo. She showed us this campaign called Acción MOB, originated in Guatemala that tries to create consciousness on the power of each one of us to change the people that surround us one action at a time. It’s really cool! We also watched some videos, all of them very motivational. Here are the following links:

Facebook Page of Acción MOB, Youtube Channel of Acción MOB, Life Vest Inside: Kindness Boomerang, MOVE, EAT, LEARN

Also, just for you to have fun, I’ll leave this video called El Estilo de Peter la Anguila. It’s hilarious!

The Web App Ran! and Debriefing – D56

We did it! Along with Isa, we created our first web app called Euclid’s Sorting Hat. The app finally ran on a webpage and now the next step is to edit it and put it nice using HTML. We are still learning how to use this code and we found some trouble doing so, but Kyle is going to help us this week I think.

Later, we had our debriefing of the day. Nothing really interesting happened. Carla joined us for this part of the day.

By the way, before programming class we participated in an activity of ice breaking and to know each other in order to give feedback to Wayne Leighton and Lissa Henkel for the Antigua Forum of next year. It was ok.

Emerson singing “Deck the Halls”– D56

Ok, so the title is a little misleading. What I refer to is that on performing arts we sang Deck the Halls, practicing for our Christmas carol. We recorded it and when listening to it we found out we sing awful haha.

Then, we read and discussed some Emerson’s Self-Reliance. We talked about the consistency of being genuine with yourself and your actions, and of not being afraid of not being consistent with your actions per se as long as they are genuine to you. Scorn the appearances! This is the most important note I wrote: “Be consistent in doing the right thing, if it’s genuine, you’ll be consistent from the distance, you’ll have honor.”

Consilience Dialogue 5 – D56

For this dialogue I must admit that I didn’t read, but it made good interjections. Most of all we discussed epigenetic rules. I have to say that the dialogue was a little slow so I lost some interest in it. I don’t think it was too good since it was a little superficial.

Morning Meeting by Bert? Improv! – D56

This morning Bert was going to facilitate the meeting, but since he has been sick (rumor says that he has pneumonia) we facilitated as a group. First we watched some videos and wait for the other because we were only 8, and then only three more arrived later and we discussed a quote Bert gave us. We changed the method of the attendance sheet, so now everyone is responsible for putting his or her name on the respective column and that way we will know who's absent.

These are the videos we watched for today's morning meeting:

TED2012 remixed, 60 Second Adventures in Economics (combined), The History of Nikola Tesla, The History of Thomas Edison, and The History of Che Guevara.

We also discussed this quote, first in pairs and then as a group.

“…(As a public school teacher) I teach the lesson of dependency. Good people wait for a teacher to tell them what to do. This is the most important lesson of all, that we must wait for other people, better trained than ourselves, to make the meaning of our lives…We’ve built a way of life that depends on people doing what they are told because they don’t know any other way.”

- John Taylor Gatto

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