Monday, April 15, 2013

Process: Founding Fathers


Title: US Founding Fathers (George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, etc.)
Date: Late 1770s
Nationality: American
Medium: Human beings
http://questgarden.com/103/60/6/100513110756/

The American Revolution spurred by these founding fathers changed some fundamental things in society, but it did not live up to every ideal and solve every problem. For example, there was still slavery and women had no suffrage. However, through the Constitution they set up a system that could eventually deal with many different problems of society one at a time (such as slavery, civil rights, equality, women’s rights, etc.). In contrast, the French Revolution tried to deal with all of these issues at once and their revolution struggled. Thus these founding fathers show us that learning is a process that takes place over time. This artifact illustrates the next part of my definition of learning—learning and expanding is a process. I would want my civilization to understand this so they can have a better grasp of what learning looks like. Learning is not necessarily a few big hops to perfection, but instead it is steady, small, consistent steps over time. This means that people in a civilization should be diligent and patient as they grow and expand a little at a time. In addition, the US constitution is an example of a system that allows this type of learning to happen. My civilization should be based on a system that allows consistent learning over time, or else rash “leaps” of learning could destroy us.

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