I drew up a lesson plan for this week’s new online ethics topic: Fun. I think it’s a good lesson, but some of the questions are very tricky. I set up a scenario where kids are playing a board game and aliens land and ask why they’re doing that – it doesn’t seem to have any practical purpose. The kids reply that they’re doing it because it’s fun. And an alien asks what fun is.
So I have the kids in the class try to explain what fun is to an alien who has no concept of fun or enjoyment. It’s a really tricky thing to wrap your head around! Many of the kids in the first 3 classes tonight struggled with it, but with a bit of prompting we got to the idea that fun is a reaction your mind and body has that makes you want to keep doing the same thing again. It’s an interesting class, to be sure!
Other than that, I looked after Scully today and took her for a big walk at lunchtime to tire her out. And I baked some sourdough rye bread, and made fried rice for dinner. I still need to season the wok more because the eggs are still sticking to the bottom.
With daylight saving having started last weekend, my last class tonight doesn’t finish until almost 10pm, so I’m getting a bit of a later night tonight. Fortunately I don’t have to be up in the morning!
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