Well when Mr.Garrison was discussing his arguments on humanism I really was very unclear. I really don't know what humanism really is, but heres a big guess. I guess from my perspective humanism is where all people want to be the happiest person in their lifetime and make othershappy as well. Also, it's about caring for one another and putting all the materialistic things away. Focusing on other people and doing what is right, sort of like a utopia. I'm not sure if this is correct, but I hope I was close. lol
From my definition I think humanism work up to a certain extent because not all people are happy, but they all can make themselves and others happy. I would say some type of humanism is used throughout the world whether we know it or not. For example, a lot of people try to make others happy everyday whether its for their own good or for that other person. Humanism to me can be a good thing and a bad thing because if someone is doing something really cruel to another person, and thats what makes them happy, it's using humanism in a wrong way. I might sound unsure of what humanism is and how it works, but hey we all got to start somewhere.
Teachers play a big part of humanism because they teach what they like, which is writing. And in saying this they try to show students that writing is fun and they should be happy in the fact that they are learning how to write and read. Also, the students experience humanism when they can free write and show others how their writing can put them in a happy mood. Writing is a tool that can persuade anyone to do something or act a certain way, just like language.
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Part of the "unclear" aspect of humanism is simply the reality that I am not clear what I am trying to say. I think that I was suggesting that humanism has been the next big religious jump for humans in the last 500 years. The printing press has encouraged people to think, idealistically, that we can all be happy if we can all just share our perspectives and read the same ideas. If composition, then, is being taught because of the rise of printing, then are composition teachers necessarily humanists? I think that is the question I was trying to pose. Not sure I have an answer. Your thoughts?
ReplyDeleteI think to a degree, like you said, humanism is practiced regularly by SOME people. I think humanism is a hard concept because there is not a universal way to make everyone happy in a world where people are so different. It sounds like a great idea- but is it possible??
ReplyDelete"Part of the "unclear" aspect of humanism is simply the reality that I am not clear what I am trying to say."
ReplyDeleteTalk about UNCLEAR!! haha!!
I was not there the day that the class talked about humanism, but I Googled it. It doesn't seem a idea that I can easily grasp my mind around... I guess because there is so much UNhappiness in the world that it is hard to imagine a world where everyone is free from hatred and free to express themselves religiously without fear of being criticized.
I think that humanism is just a confusing idea in general. It's supposed to be working towards the ultimate society, yet there is no ultimate society? I think that it's too broad of a concept to apply to people in general, but it could work well with individuals.
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