The Art of Choosing
Watch the video and reflect on the following questions:
- During her talk, Iyengar identifies three basic US American assumptions about choice. First, that the individual is the best person to make choices about things that affect him or her; second, the more choices, the better; and third, that one must never say no to choice. Pick one of these three assumptions and reflect on a personal experience that supports or contradicts it.
- How does your experience with choice affect your family life? How might this influence the experience of your AFS student?
The Danger of the Single Story
Watch the video and reflect on the following questions:
- What are examples of “single stories” in your personal life?
- What are examples of “single stories” in your education?
- What are examples of “single stories” in the news? How about in AFS?
- How might we begin to “reject the single story” in our lives?