Dealings with Death

First off, Thad really opened up today about his past and what has led to him being a teacher of Existentialism. Thad was asked at the beginning of the year if he experiences existential crisis everyday. Thad said he does; a really tragic experience happened when he was a kid and his mom and neighbors were murdered, and his father which Thad believes is innocent was blamed for their killings. He asked the class if they would be willing to help him april 13th in a mock classroom that might help him in his crisis. I will definitely be there.

Group 18 started off with their skit which was a sword fight that discussed death. The main topic is Martin Heidegger’s view on death. The group didn’t seem prepared for the presentation, and they looked very nervous. Group 18 felt that Group 17 talked about the same ideas and didn’t need to restate what was already said. While if that was true, they should have edited the presentation a little or went over the material anyway. The way they handled it was unprofessional.

The presentation was looking to be the worst one yet, but then we got to an interesting topic where the group stated everyday we have a brush with death. After that, the conversations went off and people were giving instances in their own life of death being a prominent factor in their lives. Martin Heidegger believes that death is a scary idea that we ignore, but we all eventually have to face it. I believe that death is such a scary thought that our consciousness almost refuses to think about it. Imagine the thought of losing any connection with the world could happen at anytime without warning. People use death as a way to avoid situations, sayings things like that is too dangerous or I can’t do that. People might also take the other route and use death as a reason to do things; for example, doing something really stupid with the excuse that well I will eventually die anyway. Death shouldn’t a reason to do things or not to do things.