Decision Making: Emotion vs. Reason

1. High Reason are choices that are made based off of logical conclusions. The somatic hypothesis is that we are often faced with decisions that involve lots of different alternatives. We usually try to choose the one that we think will be most beneficial to our well being.
2. Teenagers do not have as much myelin, as adults. The lack of the fatty white substance surrounding the brain, myelin, causes reactions and decisions to be made slower and are more difficult to make.
3. The cerebellum is not only involved in physical process but in mental decisions as well. Just as we can physically clumsy, we can be mentally clumsy too. 
4. The socialization of babies will affect their morals. Babies can be influenced based on who they are socialized with. By socializing babies in the same way, we can create a set of universal morals.
5. When making a decision and taking an action, there a few different ways to know if the benefits outweigh the costs. One is to think for a long time, not just making a rash decision. Another is to make a pros and cons list. I think that it does matter. Oftentimes, I will make decisions and then later regret that I acted on it. 

WOK emotion – contemporary links

This article is taken from the Cape Cod Times and is entitled Teen ordered held in Falmouth shooting.

This article is about the shooting that happened in East Falmouth on Thursday, April 12, 2012. 18 year-old, Devante Fernandes, shot his stepfather. There was a three hour manhunt following the shooting and nearby Teaticket Elementary School was put into lockdown.

Where Devante Fernandes' emotions that caused him to shoot his stepfather a result of the society he lived in?

IB Survey

1.Which word best describes the IB programme at Sturgis?

Challenging, Rigorous, Worth-while

2. What are the most important qualities for an IB student?

An IB student has to be a risk-taker, and has to persevere.

3. What are the best and worst aspects of being an IB student?

4. The IB is challenging, but in the end it is worth it. There is a lot of work and stress involved, and there are a lot of reflections, which I do not enjoy.

5. Which trait in the IB learner profile do you consider to be most important in your life?

I think that Risk Taker is the most important aspect of the IB learner profile.

6. What is the biggest difference between the IB and the national [state] curriculum in [the USA, or in Massachusetts]?

The IB is much more difficult and prepares you better for college.

7. What type of career would you like to pursue upon leaving school?

I would like to be the captain of a ship or an officer in the Coast Guard.

8. Add one more question of your own to the IB World Student Survey (may be the one chosen in small group discussion), and give your personal response.

(To be asked to people who have gone through the IB)
Do you think that the IB was worth it?