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| | 2. What do you like about Thomas Edison, and do you think homeschooling him created enormous wealth? | | 2. What do you like about Thomas Edison, and do you think homeschooling him created enormous wealth? |
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| − | : ... [W]hat I find most amazing about him is his work ethic. Very few people can even bear to do as much work as he did, let alone recognize the necessity of work and maybe even enjoy it. '''“Do you think homeschooling him created enormous wealth?”''' Well, I’m sure being homeschooled helped to form his character, focus on his interests, and live up to his full potential. He probably wouldn’t have invented so much or had so great a work ethic if he hadn’t had to basically educate himself. ... (Addison DM) | + | : ... [W]hat I find most amazing about him is his work ethic. Very few people can even bear to do as much work as he did, let alone recognize the necessity of work and maybe even enjoy it. "Do you think homeschooling him created enormous wealth?" Well, I’m sure being homeschooled helped to form his character, focus on his interests, and live up to his full potential. He probably wouldn’t have invented so much or had so great a work ethic if he hadn’t had to basically educate himself. ... (Addison DM) |
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| | 3. How do you think the frontier might have affected the views of Americans? | | 3. How do you think the frontier might have affected the views of Americans? |
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| | H3. Write about any controversy or mystery relating to the time period covered by the lecture. | | H3. Write about any controversy or mystery relating to the time period covered by the lecture. |
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| − | :Debate question: Should government break up monopolies?''' Sometimes. A monopoly may, by buying up all its competition, end up emulating from the private sector the same sort of practices found in a planned economy; most importantly, inefficiency, since there is no competition to deal with or to potentially lose customers to. A monopoly may lower the standards of an industry in general. If a serious or necessary industry becomes monopolized and subsequently inefficient, then I would probably support breaking it up. ... (Addison DM) | + | :Debate question: Should government break up monopolies? Sometimes. A monopoly may, by buying up all its competition, end up emulating from the private sector the same sort of practices found in a planned economy; most importantly, inefficiency, since there is no competition to deal with or to potentially lose customers to. A monopoly may lower the standards of an industry in general. If a serious or necessary industry becomes monopolized and subsequently inefficient, then I would probably support breaking it up. ... (Addison DM) |
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| | H4. Do you support or oppose unions? Use an example from the late 1800s. | | H4. Do you support or oppose unions? Use an example from the late 1800s. |