Distractions? In Our Society? Of Course!

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In our first unit of Forbidden Books, we have been learning about what censorship is and the process of banning books and censoring certain contents in the world. Over this unit, we explored what censorship really meant, why we have censorship, and we even questioned what we thought about censorship is it actually good or bad to have it? We then transitioned to what a Socratic dialogue is, and the history behind its formation. We also started reading, Fahrenheit 451. This book is about a world where books are banned across the country, and whoever is found with a book at their homes has their home burned down. The book revolves around the main character who is actually a fireman (who has the job of burning books). We thought this book was effective because it gave us a fictional understanding/metaphor of the way books are perceived in different perspectives. I really enjoyed the book and was very interested to see the comparison of our world to the world in the book.

For this Forbidden Books action project, we had the opportunity to create our own Socratic dialogue. For this action project, we paired up with another person and had to come up with a certain question/topic to talk about. The reason why we had to create a Socratic dialogue is because the Socratic Method is to develop critical thinking between two individuals to draw out ideas to evolve within your thoughts. This method was considered “dangerous” and may still be considered “dangerous” to other because it may influence young people/the youth to question certain things, and also question “higher authority” which is the main fear most people have for the use of the Socratic method. For my action project, I decided to pair up with NBE. We decided to “Are there distractions that are purposely implemented by the government?” The reason why we chose this question is because my partner and I are both interested in this topic and thought it would be really fun to talk about and question. Along with this question, we created a script of our Socratic dialogue. Throughout this experience, it was interesting to see how we are able to continue the Socratic dialogue. We decided to practice speaking out our script to actually have an effective dialogue. We then filmed our Socratic dialogue. Overall, I really enjoyed this action project, and enjoyed conducting this Socratic dialogue.


Citations:

1. Stories, Pinkfong! Kids' Songs &. “Baby Shark Dance | Sing and Dance! | Animal Songs | PINKFONG Songs for Children.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w.

2. Levenson, Eric. “Saudi Teen Granted Asylum in Canada Says She's One of the Lucky Women Who Escaped.” CNN, Cable News Network, 15 Jan. 2019, www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/americas/saudi-teen-asylum-intl/index.html. 

3. NOPE, DOPE or. “6 Of The Most Unique Fidget Spinners!” YouTube, YouTube, 2 May 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDwcFrLJRyI.

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