Just finished all the readings...

...and I have to say that it was all extremely interesting. When I read the analogy of the cave it took me a little while to completely understand and appreciate it, but when I woke up this morning (or really this afternoon) and read on sparks notes that it is an analogy for education, it all clicked. I agree with Plato on much of what he wrote. I wish there were a way we could test out his "philosopher king" idea.

The whole relationship between "image" and "reality" reminds me of something that I learned from a documentary; that the brain cannot tell the difference between what it sees in it's environment, and what it imagines in the mind.

Right now a lot of little wonderings are going on in my head about the readings and videos. I'm excited to go to class and learn more on the subject. I'm trying not to make my own judgments yet, I want to be like a sponge, soaking up all the information as unbiasedly as I can before I begin to develop my own solid arguments, thoughts, and beliefs.