1. How might we...
encourage students to think about
their long term aspirations
watch ted
Take design thinking class
form life aspiration club
lots of micro internships
visit startups
bring back medieval era guilds,
trades, crafts, apprenticeships
take a little pot
assign life coaches
be a janitor
for a week
take gap year
to explore
conduct classes in non-traditional
settings i.e hospitals, factories
invite professionals
to give talks
invite industry experts
to teach a class
live in the wilderness
for 3 weeks
live in a temple
for 3 weeks
take a spiritual
journey
form teams to
solve social problems
intense dreaming
sessions
get students to shave
their heads bald
drink less alcohol
climb mount Everest
provide student services
run by students
free student psychiatric
counselling
meditation classes
for students
life aspiration boot camp
write life aspiration
essays every semester
sign up trip to Mars
help terminally
ill patients
Student exchange programs
to far-flung places e.g. Tibet, Siberia
Take entrepreneurship class
bespoke life aspiration
consulting service
adopt role models
meet role models in person
e.g. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet
attend maker faire,
hacker seminars etc
learn to be audacious
learn to be fearless
read biography of famous people
write biography of
future-self as exercise
conjure double
life fantasies
instil long term thinking
live life like
there's no tomorrow
sign up first
moon colony
make video of
personal aspirations
play role playing games
e.g. doctors, mad scientist
watch discovery channel
watch Mike Rowe 'Dirty Jobs'
compete in XPrize challenge
let students design their own curriculum
take compulsory
ethnography classes
learn to live off the land

2. Life Aspiration boot camp is a dynamic, intense program intended to help students think about
their long term aspirations. Activities would include taking spiritual journeys, intense dreaming
sessions, making videos of personal aspirations, writing biography of future-self and participating
in lots of fun filled role-playing games.
Favourite Idea – Take a little Pot
The assignment says no justification required for personal favourite but here's a little clue....
http://www.420magazine.com/forums/celebrity-tokers/87813-200-celebrities-famous-people-who-smoke-pot.html
Most Disruptive Idea – Form teams to solve social problems
Most Practical Idea - Life Aspiration Boot Camp
This idea gets students to collaborate to solve real life problems. The project nature of the
work allows them to draw upon their knowledge and problem solving skills to complete their
tasks. To prepare students for the project, they could take classes on ethnography, design
thinking, social entrepreneurship etc. This idea is not intended for students to think about their
long term aspirations directly; it's an indirect approach intended to inspire and spur students to
be passionate & creative in imagining possible wonderful and exciting endeavours they could
embark in life.
DESIGN THINKING IDEATE ASSIGNMENT
SUBMITTED BY: KEITH KWOK 11AUG'13