Imagine being born in a group that predetermines the entire aspect of your future. From the school you are going, the job you are going to have and even the selected group where you can choose who you’re going to marry. This is India’s caste system.
Watch the video and find out the basic concept of this system.
Discussion Questions:
What is India’s caste system and how does it work?
Who are the untouchables and why are they treated poorly?
How does the caste system affect India’s social order?
Do you find this social stratification fair? Share your opinion on this.
Do you think the caste system can be completely eradicated? Explain your point.
Right before 2000, people were anticipating the start of a new millennium.
However, people started getting worried about that year due to a possible computer bug, that would cause many problems to banks and electricity. This bug was called “Y2K”.
But what exactly is Y2K? To find out more, let’s watch this video.
Discussion Questions:
Do you remember Y2K? If you do, were you terrified of what was going to happen then?
In your opinion, were people stocking up and taking most items from stores an overreaction?
Did the government not take enough time to properly research about Y2K? What is your stance on that past situation?
How did you think Y2K would have affected the world, if it did happen?
What do you think would happen if a bug such as the Y2K were to emerge at present time?
Most, if not all, of us have been exposed to one medication or another. There might have been cases where we have been prescribed more than one medication at a given time. It is important to know if these medications are safe to be taken together to prevent possible negative interactions from occurring.
With so many medications on the market, it is difficult to remember all possible drug interactions. Sometimes, some drug interactions are well-known, which is easy to remember, while others are rare. Whether rare or common, these interactions have to be checked by your health practitioners to see if it’s safe to consume some drugs, food, and supplements together.
Watch this video below to see how drug interactions affect our bodies.
Discussion Questions:
What were your initial understandings and misconceptions about drug interactions before watching this video?
Who are the most susceptible to drug interactions?
What are some good and bad drug interactions that you know of?
What usually happens upon drug prescription and dispensing?
Do you feel that doctors and pharmacists educate patients properly on the medications they will be and are currently taking? Why or why not?
Are you someone who takes supplements? What are some reasons why you’re taking them?
Should apps be available for patients to track possible interactions? Why or why not?
How do you personally make sure you’re taking your medications properly?
When out doing your grocery shopping, you might have thought the choices you made were yours and yours alone. More often than not, though, we are being influenced by manufacturers’ manipulations. Our sense of taste and smell are exploited when we walk into a supermarket and notice the pastries and ready-to-eat food found at nearby counters.
Read the article and watch the video to know other clever tricks food marketers pull on their customers.
Whenever we think of sighing, we think of negative emotions such as frustration or dissatisfaction in something or someone. But is this true? Or is there another reason to why we sigh?
Let’s watch this video to find out more about sighing.
Discussion Questions:
Have you ever noticed that you sigh involuntarily? How does this affect the way you interact with other people?
Did you know sighing makes you feel relieved or have you always associated it with negative emotions?
Have you ever assumed wrongly about anyone because they sighed? Talk about that instance.
How do you normally express your resignation and frustration?
How do you achieve instant relief amidst negative emotions?
Change is a constant thing in life and sometimes, it is necessary in order for the situation not to get worse. There are signs that we have to change the way we do things and it is not bad at all to listen to these signs.
Let’s listen to the audio and find out more about this realization.
Discussion Questions:
Have you ever had a wake-up call? Did you heed the warning?
What is one thing you’d like to change in your life at the moment? How do you plan to achieve it?
Can you think of a major event in your country that served as a wake-up call?
Generally, when a greater number of people work on a group task, the less effort any one member of the group will work towards accomplishing the goal. This phenomenon is called social loafing. It has been widely studied and identified to know what causes it and to find solutions to its negative effects.
Watch the video to know more about social loafing and how to prevent it and be able to answer the questions below.
Discussion Questions:
What are the causes and effects of social loafing?
Have you been engaged in social loafing before? What happened? Share some of your experiences.
What are some ways on how to avoid this in the workplace?
In which setup do you work better, working alone or with a team? Explain why.
In a nutshell, the stock market helps companies raise money to fund operations by selling shares of stock. It creates and sustains wealth for individual investors.
Watch the video to know more about how the stock market works.
Discussion Questions:
What is your investing strategy?
Do you invest in the stock market? How has your portfolio performed in the last five years?
How can you prevent losses while trading in stock markets?
In the fight against opioid addiction in the country, the first supervised drug injection center of America has just been opened in New York. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of the establishment of many more centers such as this to help curb the record overdoses in the country.
Watch the video and read the article about the first supervised illegal drug injection site in New York.
Due to the pandemic, a lot of people were constrained from going to the office and obligated to start doing work remotely.
Surely, there a lot of pros in working from home but there are cons as well. But regardless of these things, the question is, are we making the most out of this new work setup?
Here are some tips which could help ensure we get the best results while working in our homes.
Discussion Questions:
What are the tips to stay motivated while working from home according to the video?
Which among the tips do you apply personally?
What are the pros and cons of working remotely?
Do you prefer working in the office or at home? Why?
How long have you been working from home? How did you adjust to this work style at first?
Give your personal tips on how to be productive while working remotely.
