Month: September 2012

Building our own understanding of interpretation, Part I

Together our class will build our own understanding of what it means to interpret something. To help us on our way, please take some time this weekend to watch Brene Brown’s wonderful TED Talk then consider the bullet points below.

Things to think about:

  • Do you see any similarities between the way we approach Latin and the way Brene Brown hoped to measure everything at the beginning of the talk?
  • Did you catch the little bit of etymology in this talk? What is it?
  • What does it mean to live wholeheartedly? What common trait(s) do the people who live wholeheartedly share?
  • What things do we do instead of living wholeheartedly?
    • One thing we do is numb ourselves. What does the speaker say about “selective numbing?”
  • In some ways, this talk is all about connectedness. Where do you see themes of connectedness coming through? How do we achieve connectedness?
  • And what, oh what, does connectedness have to do with Latin class? What does connectedness have to do with interpretation?