One important thing we did in order to lead up to our debates in the project were to read different articles and chapters of a text called "Justice". It was about Sports Ethics and we were really exposed to a lot of moral things and a lot of different lessons about the injustices faced by people and sports. Every week we would receive a new text, and we would be required to create a reading log. Then on Thursdays or Fri, we would have groups for socratic seminars in which we'd share opinions.
Importance to Me Reading logs for me ended up being very important. I found that I learned a lot through analyzing these texts and looking into these different topics. I had never really had tasks like this before and it felt like a lot of work but it really made me think a lot. I feel that I have a good grasp of morals and the things talked about in this book, and I had really reflected upon life and myself to produce these assignments. I really thought that when creating a reading log, I'd write them spontaneously, not knowing beforehand what I was going to write. It was interesting for me to jot down anything I could think of or any assumptions and feelings I had about the reading. I liked the idea that nothing was wrong. There were no "incorrect" answers and there were no boundaries to your ideas. I feel like in many other instances or tests you'd read a text and are expected by the test givers or teachers to have the same thoughts and ideas of the book. Which is different in a way but also very similar. I would always over look things and would be so pressured to find the right meaning or moral to a text, just so I don't get the assignment wrong. But I really enjoyed the concept of reading logs, in which you were free to write about anything and no ideas were wrong. I enjoyed the freedom of it and was actually able to produce better ideas when there was no outside pressure to getting the idea right.