Class Schedule:

Thursday September 27th:  In class read 6-14   HW: Read 14-29   

Friday September 28th  Discuss  14-29 HW: read 29-46   

Monday October 1 Discuss  29-46 HW: read 46-60 

Tuesday October 2  Discuss 46-60  HW: read 60-75

Wednesday October 3 Discuss 60-75 HW: read 75-88

Thursday October 4 Discuss 75-88 HW: read 88-101

Monday October 8 Discuss 88-101HW: read 101-114

Tuesday  October 9 Discuss 101-114 HW: read 114- 126

Wednesday October 10 Discuss 114-126 HW: read 126-132

Thursday October 11 Discuss 126-132 HW: read Man’s Search for Meaning excerpt     

Friday October 12 Man’s Search For Meaning Discussion Read more Man’s Search for Meaning

Monday October 15  Man’s Search for Meaning Discussion HW: Read more from Man’s Search For Meaning   

Tuesday October 16  Man’s Search for Meaning  possible film or film clip

Wednesday October 17 In class essay test  mid-term on Survival and Auschwitz  and Man’s Search For Meaning       

One or two discussion leaders will present every class period.  Discussion leaders are responsible for writing a one to two page RESPONSE paper that they email to me before class so that I can email it out to others.

 

Monday October 22- Friday November 2nd work on independent project.     Final Project Due Friday November 2nd 

Reading Response Paper Schedule

  • All papers must be emailed to me at: amir@compass-school.org by 12 noon of the day they are due. This includes papers due on Sundays! 

 

  • I will email them out to the class as soon as I get them.

 

  • All students are responsible for reading and thinking about the response papers before they come to class.    

Name

Date Due

Date Presenting

Kori/Dan

Sunday September 30th

Monday October 1st

Dave

Monday October 1st

Tuesday October 2nd

Annelise

Tuesday October 2nd

Wednesday October 3rd 

Alex

Wednesday October 3rd

Thursday October 4th

Austin/ Hannah A

Sunday October 7th

Monday October 8th

Hannah VC/ Jake

Monday October 8th

Tuesday October 9th

Avery

Tuesday October 9th

Wednesday October 10th

Emily

Wednesday October 10th

Thursday October 11th

Garth

Thursday October 11th

Friday October 12th

Cory

Sunday October 14th

Monday October 15th

Rebecca/Jamie

Monday October 15th

Tuesday October 16th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t forget:  in class mid-term essay test on:

Wednesday October 17th

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Science of the Mind-March 5th- April 18th

Due Monday March 10th half a page to a page answer to "What is the allegorical meaning of The Matrix, in particulary what does the movie have to say about the nature of reality?" Here are my notes on the movie. 

In class Thursday March 13th 1. What are the literal events of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave?"  2. What is the allegorical meaning of these events? 

Here are some notes I took on what you guys said the allegorial meanings of both The Matrix and "The Parable of the Cave" are.

Due Thursday March 13th Five questions for the Harvard Brain Imaging Lab and five questions for the Harvard Brain Bank

Friday March 14th  Click here to read my notes on the film Wired to Win that we saw at the Museum of Science.

Rough draft/work in progress Due Thursday March 18th

Final draft due Monday March 24th

"Allegory of the Cave" visual or 3-4 page Matrix/Plato essay. 

Option 1 Visual representation ( high quality drawing, painting, video, etc) of Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" To view the assignment click here. 

Student interperatations of this assignment can be found by follwing these links:

Gallery 1  Gallery 2  Gallery 3 (a comic).  Enjoy! 

 

Option 2 3-4 page essay comparing and contrasting the allegorical meanings of The Matrix to the allegorial meanings of "The Allegory of the Cave," with a final section on your own direct experience with awakening, truth and perception of reality.   Essays must be in MLA form.  For an example of MLA form click here. To see a copy of the assignment click here. 

Monday March 17th  Click here to read my lecture notes on the Four Noble Truths. 

Tuesday March 18th  Click here to read my lecture notes on the chapter "The  Inner Symphony" from Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's book The Joy of Living. 

Friday March 21st Click here to read notes I took from Claire Stanely's presentation in class about what meditation is, the four foundations of mindfulness and eating meditation. 

Friday March 28th Adi Flesher presented on the neurobiology of spiritual experience and other matters.  Read my notes here.

 

Draft 1 Due: Wednesday April 2nd  Draft 2 Due Monday April 7th:

Physical activity and brain health assignment based on our visit to Umass. The assignment is explained in detail when you follow the link. A list of articles about the neurobiology of exercise with links to those articles is included.   Be sure to use MLA form which can be found here.

You might also find my notes from Matt Davidson's talk useful to do this assignment. Check them out. Beth's notes can be found here.  As you can tell, Beth is a much better note taker than I.  Read them, they will help you!