The Philosopher’s Club

If you could take a pill that would make you always happy, would you? Why or why not?

Is there more future or past? Why?

Does your pet love you the way you love it? Explain your answer.

Philosophers, continue to add your poems and comments to the images here..

This space is for Semester 2 Philosophers to put down your thoughts, paragraphs and poems. John has already posted in several different sections. I challenge you to find them and add a response to his comment. It will be like a scavenger hunt!

This week we finished reading The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau. Plan on visiting the website by clicking here. Think about the story as you look at the different quilts. Does this story have a message for kids or is it just for old people? Add your comments here.

This week, please think about a time you were happy. Write a paragraph describing that time. Include details that will help us understand how you felt.

This week we’re going to try to read and respond to the comments of our fellow philosophers. Please post your comments in this section. If you are responding to someone else’s question, copy and paste their question in your post. Or just put it into your own words. Let’s see if we can have a real dialog like the ancient greek philosophers did!

A new group of philosophers has already begun to record ideas and observations in their journals. This blog will be another place to think about things. Here is a question to get you started:

What is the one question that you would most like to have answered? Do you think you will ever know the answer?

You can add your comments to this page.