Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental questions. It helps explore the science of nature of humans and welfare which we studied in the Philosothon. I was given this opportunity by my school (NHEHS) to further develop my skills in philosophy and overall, the teachers picked names out of a hat and I was selected.
We arrived at Latymer Upper School on 7th February to begin our journey. As we walked into the room excitement filled the air, the seats began to fill up with eager students waiting for the exciting activities to start.
We were all divided into groups named after famous Philosophical people, at first the groups were divided so everyone in our group was in the same school year. In the first round, we discussed an extract about Jack in the beanstalk and focused on gullibility and trust and the difference between them.
We repeated this with another one of the four themes in the same groups until we were all called into the dining hall to attend a light dinner with everyone. The atmosphere was electric as the room was full of buzzing students all eager to get back to the discussions. I asked a student called Charlie if he thought this event would make him think differently about simple situations and he said "Even since the groups ended I have thought about every little thing I'm doing could have been life-changing however I don't know, I'm being more aware of what s around me".
After dinner ended we went to our new groups to which the age groups were mixed up so the variety of knowledge and confidence was dispursed among us all. The last two themes were more challenging and required more thought in comparison to the first two which everyone enjoyed as a way to stretch out abilities.
Overall the evening was so much fun and we all learned something. I am so lucky i had the oppurtnity to go to this Philothon with my school.
