Chapter 14- MI

I liked some of the points this chapter made, especially regarding the fact that existentialism plays a part in almost all aspects of any culture and way of life. Since humans do ponder the meaning of life, death suffering, then why not address them within the material we use in the classroom? This furthers the students thinking and allows them to see existentialism from a variety of perspectives. By presenting existentialism in many of the things we teach, the students will have a better understanding of the ideas and can make better judgments for themselves, than just a narrow view that they may have received from their life outside of the classroom. Just as with anything else, school is a place to open minds and encourage new thinking about all topics under the sun. I also believe that as a teacher, I should show students that spiritually isn’t just dealing with religion. One view of spiritually is to be “one with yourself” to feel and understand what means the most to the student. I believe that each and every student can find some form of spirituality for themselves while in school, especially by using multiple intelligences. I like how this chapter showed examples of how existentialism is present in almost every subject, and how much of an impact it has on all world cultures. We should not hide this fact from the students, we should teach it to them in an objective and structured way.