Are you on Facebook? If you're not, and you're not familiar, it's basically just a web site where people connect with their friends to chat, play games and share links. You can decide who is allowed to see your stuff online by making them a "friend". This doesn't necessarily mean that they are your friend in real life, but that's a whole other topic!
If you're on Facebook, think about which of your friends has the highest friend count. Are those people necessarily good friends just because they have lots of FB friends? What does that even mean?
If someone has a lot of "friends" on FB...
...does that mean you would necessarily want your parents to meet them?
...does that mean you would lend them money?
...would you trust them with your iPod overnight?
...would you tell them a secret no one else knows?
Why or why not?
What makes a good friend? Does number of Facebook friends, or real-life friends determine how good a friend someone is?
How do you pick your friends? Do you just wait for a friend request and then click 'accept', or do you have some sort of standards? What are they? Looks? Money? Popularity? Something else? (We had some great answers in class, but I'd love to hear some more here!)
After you've figured out your requirements to accept a person as a friend, think about this: Would you qualify? Why should people pick you as a friend?
We had a lot of comments about all of these questions, and they all ended up making a great definition for character. Watch these video clips for some good illustrations of the importance of character:
The Patriot
Ocean's Eleven
Batman Begins
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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