ADVANCED - PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

ADVANCED - PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

What would you do? - A dilemma

You will be presented with a series of MORAL DILEMMAS (see picture)

Suggest a solution!

For instance, what would you do in this situation?

Open Ended

If you saw a good friend of yours shoplifting, what would you do?

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You saw a wallet someone dropped and picked it up. Inside is lots of cash and an ID of someone you really hate. What would you do?

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You see two drowning people. One is a prominent doctor who just discovered how to completely cure every type of cancer, and one is a multi-millionaire who will be extremely grateful to you if you save him. You can only save one person. Who would you save?

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Last one: You just graduated high school. You could either:

A) enter university of your choice but graduate with a massive college debt

or B) enter a trade school that you could afford but left you with no college degree, only a trade certificate.

What would you do?

SCHOOL SYSTEMS - The Good & The Bad

Open Ended

Do you like or hate going to school (extra classes included)?

What do you think is the most glaring problem in nowadays' school system?

You will see a video titled "6 Problems With Our School System."

• While you're watching, take mental note of what problems are talked about & what it meant

• After watching, do a bit of self reflect: do these also apply to current Vietnamese school system?

6 problems talked about:

• School nowadays still educate students based on industrial age values as in factories, success tends to revolve around following instructions.

• This leads to a lack of autonomy ~ freedom in thoughts and expressions

• Common approach to deal with tests usually by inauthentic learning => Schools don't really teach us how to learn

• Which leaves no room for passion & interests

• Long period of lecturing

Open Ended

In YOUR opinion, how should an ideal school / education system be?

Example: more group work / interactive work during class

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What would you like to learn in school? Why?

TODAY'S WRITING TOPIC:

Many young people who leave school hold a negative attitude towards learning.

Why does this happen and what are the solutions?