Group members: Kyle Owens, Bella B, Jake D, Kenzie Neiderer, Jason Gabby, Shawn, Jenna, Sabrina, Cristian Galilea, David Heffron, Muhammad Rabi, Jake Heikkinen, Sean Redding, Tyler E, Nick,Timothy Domanowski, Sam Livorno
On Thursday, I attended a large discussion group where we talked about the topic of the “beaten path” discussed by Percy. The group talked about different situations where someone taking shortcuts can have both positive and negative consequences. We believe that a lot of people take these shortcuts and expect the best results from their actions. For example, a student who cheats on a test expects that cheating is a good thing because it helps him get a better grade. This may be true, however, the student is cheating himself by not actually learning anything so the student is really hurting themselves. When connecting this to Percy and education, we all agreed that when shortcuts are taken by teachers or professors there is no room for creativity which hurts the students.
