2009年12月22日火曜日

About discussion

On December 17th, we discussed “discussion”.
The panels were Azusa, Jeff, Shiori, and Kazue.
Satoko is English department student. Malcolm studied literature in NY. Jun is a English department student. Masako is a strict teacher.
Moderator said that there were 2points for good discussion. So, we discussed those 2points. The one is “Achievement to consensus”. Masako and Satoko were for to reach consensus without insisting our opinion. Masako said that they learned how to reach the consensus and it was the most important thing. On the other hand, Jun and Malcolm were against the opinion. Malcolm said that some people had strong opinions, but other people did not have. He expected all the people had idea equally, so gathering all people’s ideas were important.
Good opinions have logic and reasons from someone. Discussion is to come up to the best answer. So, good opinion is important for discussion. To the answer, I think it is true. If we discuss and there are no good answers, we can not find consensus and can not end the discussion. So, I think that this idea is very basically thing.
Next, we talked about audience’s opinion. Malcolm said that not all audiences have to say their opinions, because there are many people who have no confidence.
On the other hand, Jun said all audiences should say their opinion.
I think there are many people who are not good at telling their opinions easily. In fact, I am not good at speaking. So, I suggested the idea in this discussion. Malcolm said trying is important. When I heard these words, I thought it was true. So, I think every audience should try to voice in the discussion.

2009年12月14日月曜日

Moral dilemma

On December 10th, we discussed ‘Moral dilemma’. Members were Ayumi, Mami, Fumika, Hiroya, and I.
In this discussion, we thought the position of a father. My son and wife and I stayed our holiday in Bali, and we were in the airport. My son had marijuana in his bag and it was found by sniffer dog. Police officer asked me “whose bag is this?” I realized I had to answer, but the answer won’t be easy. I saw my wife in the corner of my eye, and she was about to step forward and claim it as her own. So, we discussed what we said. First, I thought that I would wait for my son’s answering, because he was 18 years old, and he knew what was good and what is wrong. Other people said that It was my son’s marijuana. The reason why they would say was lie was not good for my son, and if I protect for my son, he would feel guilty. However, Ayumi said that my idea was good. In this story, the person who has marijuana would killed or be jailed for life. So, we discussed the way no one would die. So, we decided that we would say “I don’t know”. However, the idea was refused by Jeff. So, we found another way. In this discussion, my wife was about to step forward. So, we decided to say “We all smoked marijuana”. If we said this phrase, police officer would confuse and doubt of all of us. My wife and I want to protect our son, but I want my son not lie. So, in this way, my son not only my wife and I have to in jail for our life or executed. We think this way is the best answer to the question that what we say.

2009年12月10日木曜日

#11Birth rate

On December 3rd, we discussed birth rate in Japan. (How to support the family with children) The panels were Masami, Mai, Kasumi, and Kota. Ayumi was moderator. They were indifferent positions. Ms. Nobi divorced 5 years ago. She has a 7 year old daughter. So, she is single mother. Ms. Minamoto got married last month. She does not have children. She wanted to have her child, but there were some problems. So, she hoped those problems would be solved in the discussion. Honekawa studied in France until recently. Mr. Goda has one san. His wife passed away 2 years ago. His san is a elementary school student.
Ms. Minamoto said that it would be difficult to keep working if she had a child, because she can take child-care leave for only 1 year. So, if she had a child, she had to quit her job.
Ms. Honekawa introduced about the system in France. In France, birth rate is high. French people can take child-car leave longer than Japanese. Also, they can reduce working time. And there is one of the reason why birth rate in France is high is that more than half babies are outside babies. French women who are over 40 give birth to their children.
Ms. Minamoto agreed with Honekawa’s idea and said that they should introduce the system in Japan.
Nobi had 2 problems. She does part time job, now and the salary is not expensive. Nobi gets allowance from government, but it is not expensive.
Mr. Goda can not get allowance because he is father.
In this discussion, theme turned and change. So, it is difficult to write. Also, I can not understand what they said. So, I want to hear again about the discussion.