Sunday, September 13, 2009

Journal Entry 4 Journey Through the idea map

Firstly, the idea map contains all of the information i knew that i had learn. Knowledge gained through primary and secondary school, such as the different subjects, maths, english and chinese, as well as the general knowledge gained through everyday life. Besides the different subjects, my knowledge also included learning how to live with different people (in school) other than my family, learning how to co-exist with them, as well as how to work with them. During PE (physical education) in primary and secondary school life, knowledge was also taught to me in the form of sports, such as swimimng and badminton.
Hence i am fully aware of what i know, and i am clear that it is only so little when comparaed to all the knowledge in the world.

i also know what i don't know to some extent. I have learnt that what i know, that i did not know, can be conveyed to me through the medium of another person, most possibly an adult. For example, learning from my older brother that army existed and that it is an inevitable quest that i have to complete did not help much in making me understand what army is all about. i became aware of such a phase, yet is unable to comprehend the meaning of it, hence it becomes a situation where i know what i do not know.

Next, at the boundary of the whole map, lies two island i acknowledge to exist, yet i do not know anything about them. They are the "Truth of the world" and the "Knowledge of the world". Even though after i acknowledge, and understand that these phrases have answers to them, i am still unable to uncover the answer to these phrase. Hence again, a situation where i know what i do not know.

Finally, in the darkest depths of the ocean, lies an island which is able to hide its prescence from me, an island that i do not know exist, and never will unless a medium sheds light on it. It is a piece of knowledge that i would never come to know of, unless i read about it, learn about it, or an individual conveys the knowledge to me verbally. This island is the best representation of the knowledge that i don't know, as i would not know what i dont know.

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