Sixth Form Assembly Monday 19 th October 2009

“ I’ve got no work to do” I’ve got no work to do = I now have a chance to develop my knowledge and understanding

Your teacher does it At GCSE

Your own reading Art Poetry Newspapers Magazines Books University Prospectuses Encyclopaedias Library You do it Internet Journals Fiction Museums Fill in and expand your knowledge and understanding At Sixth Form

Open Minded

Have you taken your blinkers off yet?

There are other ways

An open mind is not an uncritical mind

The open minded … understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view are willing to grow from the experience

understand and appreciate their own cultures and personal histories

are open to the perspectives, values and traditions of other individuals and communities

are accustomed to seeking and evaluating a range of points of view

are willing to grow from the experience

A closed mind A closed mind leads to fear Fear leads to hate

A closed mind leads to fear

Fear leads to hate

Open Minded Those who are not secure in themselves are most afraid of being open minded Why would you be afraid of understanding other people’s points of view? Where is the threat?

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Who are you waiting for to fill you with new ideas? If not now, when? If not you, who?