The Learning Pill

Source: pinterest Hola everyone Today we will try to understand yet another movie- Dead Poet’s Society, a 1989 film starring Robin Williams. It is basically a movie on the unconventional teaching techniques and it’s effectiveness. Even though the film is based on a 1980-90s London setting, a lot of the issues dealt with in the movie seem to be relevant to this day, and hence, it becomes important to discuss it. Conventional parenting    and teaching Source: Script Magazine The first part of the movie tries to explain the current parenting and teaching that the students experience. We see Neil Perry’s father forcing his son to leave his extra-curricular activities and rather focus on his academics and pursue a career in medicine. This academics-first approach is also endorsed by the teachers at their school. Their results-oriented teaching style includes teaching bookish knowledge and flushing the students with loads of assignments. Furthermore, the strict disciplinary rules ...

Source: Harvard Health Today, we dive into the concept of pain and suffering. We will discuss it's concept from a philosophical and a psychological standpoint. Introduction Source: Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy We all have experienced pain in our lives at varying degrees. It can be viewed objectively as a bodily or a mental sensation. For example, a muscle pull or a broken nail tells our brain that a part of our body has been hurt, and this can be viewed as pain. But pain can also be viewed as an emotion, a feeling, and not something physical or a part of our body. This creates a perception that pain doesn't actually exist physically, and it is rather a made-up concept of our mind to signal damage or sudden change to the body. There is a thin line between these two concepts, but the apparent philosophical paradox still exists. Our intention here is to just introduce the philosophy of pain, and we will now spend more time in analyzing this emotion/ sensation. Why is pain i...