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If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a very loose English paraphrase of his French poem Dessine-moi un bateau, or Make Me a Boat, found in [|Citadelle, 1948].

=Texting, Social Media and Distraction= And this study of 263 students indicates that students couldn't focus on a task for two minutes before texting or using social media. This affects their productivity.

This study shows that typical office workers only get 11 minutes to work on a task before they're interrupted, affecting negatively their productivity.

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This doesn't make much sense: https://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1HSEi1/www.uncg.edu/~whanthon/illusions/64-equals-65.gif/

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=General Course Goals:=
 * To become active, compassionate, lifelong learners;
 * To think like a global citizen;
 * To develop a spirit of inquiry;
 * To be open to views other than your own;
 * To think critically; and
 * To communicate effectively

Classroom activity: Look at the following TOK diagrams. They all have one thing in common, at least. Which one do you think could be most appropriate for understanding the Theory of Knowledge, for this class? Get into groups and discuss why your choice has the most advantages.







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