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Theorizing play
-The difference between children and adults -
September 24th, 2015
“Adults are fine at having fun, given the right circumstances, but kids do it automatically. There’s no such thing as “down time” with children.”.
“Children can barely stop playing, whereas adults need to make the effort to schedule it in.” (Knefel, 2015)
Aayzah Mirza
Paper# 4
September 24, 2015
Innocent but not Ignorant
A friend and I were walking to a woman's house to take out her dog. We got to talking about homelessness and human suffering and if there is even such a thing. "It is wrong to pity people, because it means that you don't accept them," she argued. I agree that pity might be the wrong thing, but I don't think acceptance is okay, either. I realized that I had been raised to believe that there is human suffering in the world and that I have a responsibility to do something about it. I am reminded of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's inspiring words: "In a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible." I respect and admire Rabbi Heschel for his intellectualism, spirituality, and deep sense of responsibility toward fighting injustice--which he did alongside MLK, Jr.
