Q/A What is an Ideal?

I like to begin class with a Q/A.   A Q/A is a question or an idea to be explored. Here is an example: 

Q/A:  What is AN IDEAL?  

An ideal is a principle, idea, or standard that is HIGH, very good and worth trying to achieve.  It is something to aspire to because it’s elevated.  It is also measurable.  In other words, you know at all times where you are in relationship to the ideal

Here is an example of an ideal,  The Cowboy Code 

1. The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.
2. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.
3. He must always tell the truth.
4. He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals.
5. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas.
6. He must help people in distress.
7. He must be a good worker.
8. He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits.
9. He must respect women, parents, and his nation’s laws.
10. The Cowboy is a patriot.

Below puts this code in context to a time and a place.

*the historic code of the West was unwritten, cowboys, trappers, hunters and others in the U.S. frontier knew it was about maintaining honesty, integrity and courage in a wide-open region where the affect of government barely reach and laws were not always enforced.  It was the one civilizing influence that could be relied upon.

http://cowboyethics.org/cowboy-ethics/

Q/A: Can you think of another example of an IDEAL?

TEACHER INFO:

I like to begin each class with what I call Q/A.  I use it for:

1. A way to get the students in their seats, on task and thinking.
2. Time for me to complete tasks necessary for each class-roll etc.
3. An activity that is a smooth transition into the day’s lesson or a review of previous   material.
4. It’s an10% of their final grade.

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