Logan Rasmusson (CH)

#socraticmse Parkers poem was very vulnerable and incorporated really effective storytelling that had me very engaged

#socraticmse Sunny's poem had a really cool idea behind the concept of growing up and being more like an adult

#socraticmse I liked Marissa's poem. It felt very in tune spiritually.

#socraticmse Kellen had an interesting poem. A polarizing depiction of "why get in the water if you don't want to get wet"

#socraticmse Briannas poem was fundamentally amazing. The repetition and switching of the form was really cool and enhanced by the patient delivery. It was wrapped up as strong as it began making for a great listen.

#socraticmse I loved Bella's poem. It was vulnerable, delivered with power and begged some important questions.

#socraticmse Selena had a poem with really wonderful word play, the flow was great and the delivery allowed the rhymes and words to really sink in. The form was also really interesting to hear and felt a kin to the hyperactivity of ADHD.

#socraticmse I liked the poem Alex. You carried yourself wonderfully and delivered your words with great supporting cadence. Wonderful passion

#socraticmse Do you think if women and their general feelings in society were more realistically represented in media would it help stop catcallers from using advertising and social media representations as reasoning?

#socraticmse This problem can only be solved if the societal issues are fixed. Men who do this couldn't possibly imagine the fear of walking alone unable to stop objectification because our experiences in society are so varied.

#socraticmse I agree with Abby that Steve using illogical stereotypes of women to justify them being uncomfortable isn't an argument and highlights the spiteful roots of cat calling

#socraticmse How do you think a society can embrace differences instead of creating a divide through them? Do you believe our society has began valuing this? or do we still foster fear in the face of diversity

#socraticmse If there wasn’t a fight for superiority, would a society foster more individuality? Or are the roles and expectations set in place out of fear of the lower class, the misinterpreted group

#socraticmse how does the relations within gender change class to class in the novel? is it similar to real life gender norms and the subsequent expectations of class members?

Is our societal fear enough for our government to foster paranoia like this? How would the united states, a land of voicing yourself and protest, respond to the rewriting of our controversial history? #socraticmse

In such a dictatorship, like the exaggerated and intense one seen in 1984, do you believe there is any hope for self expression? Or does this novel represent the effects on a nations population when limitless power is left to grow rapant? #socraticmse

How may the specifically chosen narratives our governments sell affect relations and the climate within a nation? #socraticmse

Do you think this aspect is included to warn of the power fear has over groups of people and it’s ability to hold them down and become complacent in an inhumane society? #socraticmse

Do you think training cops to use non lethal weaponary to immobilize someone they feel threatened by instead of killing them would help the epidemic of police brutality? Or is this sentiment and corruption rooted too deeply in our system, requiring massive changes. #socraticmse