Pre-class Vocab. warm-up:
bombarded bulwark burden distinguish neglect paranoia
restructured sphere superficial thorny issue
1. The teacher _________________________us with tons of assignments in class. It was so exhausting.
2. Hannah Arendt felt that school should be a _____________________, or protection, for young people against the challenges of the real world.
3. If you ___________________your studies, you will probably get bad results.
4. Poverty and homelessness is a _________________________in our society.
5. I am afraid to go out at night because I am afraid of being kidnapped. I have a real ___________________about this situation.
6. The saleslady acted so kind to me, but this kindness was all _________________________. All she wanted was me to buy her product.
7. We have ________________________the class schedule, and now we will start classes at 10:30.
8. I don't mean to ____________________you with my problems. It's just I need someone to open up with.
9. It's difficult for me to _______________________between the different South American accents.
10. Arendt felt children were too young to be engaged with the political ____________________.
Discussion:
1. What are you bombarded with?
2. What is a thorny issue you want people to deal with?
3. What do you feel too many people neglect?
4. Can you distinguish between different American accents?
5. What do you have a paranoia about?
Further Discussion:
1. How can we teach children to love the world so that they want to engage with their society?
2. Do you think children are too young to deal with thorny issues in their society?
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