VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)[S]

How would life look different if you were a boy?

Reviewed JJ’s email service writing.

Vocabulary

archetypes – 原型

e.g. The only way to understand or start to understand the archetypes is through considering different symbols.

tabula rasa – blank slate

heritable – to inherit – these are qualities or traits that are passed on from parents to children

pique / piqued – to make me interesting in something

e..g. The topic of psychology piqued JJ’s interest.

transcendent – 超然

e.g. Religion offers man a transcendent quality to his life.

order – 超然

Original

There are many things people can’t explain – its hard for a human to always imagine a good solution or a good cause – but to have religion party helps one to develop a positive perception difficult situations, or a person can seek bad solutions to such situations – and at least it provides an easy way for questions, doubts. For eg if you dont think there exists God, heaven, hell, you can do bad things as you want including hurting people, it kind of constrains bad behaviors. It doesn’t influence others, it’s a bottom line – influence others in a bad way.

Corrected

There are many things that people can’t explain – its hard for humans to always imagine a good solution or a good cause – but to have religion partly helps one to develop a positive perception about difficult situations, or a person can seek bad solutions to such situations – and at least it provides an easy answer for questions or doubts. For eg if you don’t think there exists a God, heaven, or hell, you can do bad things freely including hurting people, it kind of constrains bad behaviors. It doesn’t influence others, it’s a bottom line – influence others in a bad way.

Corrected + Summarized/Upgraded

There are so many things that people can’t explain. For example, “how was the universe born?”…”why am I here?”…”does God exist?”. And it’s hard for humans to find solutions to these perplexing questions — having a religion solves this problem. If a person encounters a difficult situation, religion will always give him an answer — even if it’s not a perfect answer. Let’s consider something else: if you think God doesn’t exist, then you’re free to do whatever you want — even free to do things that hurt others. So in this case, religion also constrains bad behaviors. Now how do I define what is a good or bad behavior? I don’t know – for me, as long as your behavior doesn’t impact/influence others negatively, then it is “good” or at least “not bad”.

Original

The first one is to live – you have to survive – unfortunately yes. All good things to happen is based on the fact that you are still living. And to live doesn’t mean you can do bad things hurt people to live – For me it’s do good thins to baby – help him or her survive. But if I don’t have a baby the second – if im a boy the second one would be to create – like its chaotic no – make it not chaotic anymore – social lives – the rules you can encounter

Corrected

The first one is to live – you have to survive – unfortunately yes. If you want good things to happen – you have to be alive to experience them. And to live doesn’t mean you can do bad things to hurt people to live – For me it’s doing good things for my baby – to help him or her survive. But if I didn’t have a baby the second – and if I were/wa a boy the second one would be to create order out of chaos– like its chaotic no – make it not chaotic anymore – social lives – the rules you can encounter.

Corrected + Summarized/Upgraded

My first rule of living? Survive. It sounds harsh but its unfortunately true. If you want to experience anything in your life – especial positive things – you have to be alive first. So this means securing resources, safety, housing, things like this. Once you get those basic needs met, you can think about other things. Now, living doesn’t mean you should do bad things or hurt others. When possible, you should seek to better people’s lives. That’s why it is so important for me to help my child or children generally. They are incapable of helping themselves, so its up to us, to make their life better. But…if I wasn’t a mother, and if I was a boy, I would seek to create order in society. That means making rules for myself and others so that we can live in peace and not experience chaos.