what is a parasite? a parasite is a living thing

What is a Parasite?A PARASITE IS A LIVING THING...

...that TAKES benefits from others...

...AND TAKES...

...AND TAKES...

... WITHOUT GIVING BACK IN RETURN.

You’re Now Taking, Taking, Taking

DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS...

... FOOD ... ... CLOTHING ...

... SHELTER ...

... SAFETY...... KNOWLEDGE...

IT’S STILL OK BECAUSE• YOU CANNOT GIVE WHAT YOU

DO NOT HAVE

BUT ONE DAY... WHEN YOUR TIME FOR TAKING IS OVER,

YOU MUST GIVE BACK OR BE A PARASITE.

WHY ARE WE DOINGTHIS CLASS PROJECT?

HELLO.

THIS IS NOT JUST A PROJECT.

THIS IS FOR YOU TO PREPARE

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY

WHEN YOUR TIME FOR GIVING BACK

BEGINS.

WHEN WILL YOU GIVE BACK TO SOCIETY?

PAST PRESENT2012

FUTURE

2056

GIVING BACK2016

VERY SOON.

What is a Contribution?

THIS IS WHEN YOU GIVE SOMETHING FROM YOURSELFTO ADD TO A GREATER GOOD

SOMETHING FROM my SELF

TO ADD

TO THE GREATER GOOD

FROM my SELFNOT FROM OTHERS.

my OWN selfmy OWN mindmy OWN effort

A contributor is the OWN-er of something that adds value to benefit others. A parasite is one who benefits from another without adding value for others.

TO ADDmeans

TO GIVETO INCREASETO IMPROVE

TO THE GREATER GOODmeans

FOR THE GOOD OF THE GREATER NUMBERTO BENEFIT MANY OTHERS

TO HELP SOCIETY

How Do We Contribute?

ADDIMPROVECREATE

modifyadapt

INVENT

revisecorrect

SYNTHESIZE

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Add• One who copies old ideas is

a parasite – taking from others and not adding new value.

• One who adds new elements into old ideas is contributing something new.

QUESTION: WHEN IS IT OK TO USE THE IDEAS OF OTHERS?

WHY IS THIS NOT BEING A PARASITE?

WHY IS THIS THE ACTION OF A PARASITE?

Improve• One who repeats the ideas

of others is still a parasite: taking, using, benefiting without adding value.

• One who uses the ideas of others in a different way is contributing something new. WHY IS THIS NOT BEING A PARASITE?

QUESTION: WHEN IS IT OK TO USE THE IDEAS OF OTHERS?

WHY IS THIS THE ACTION OF A PARASITE?

How Do We Become Contributors?

COPYREPEATSTEAL

ADDIMPROVECREATE

How Do We Become Parasites?

IMPORTANT• Acknowledge the source of an idea

or element – that is not yours or– that you borrow from others.

• How? • State where the source can be

found or who the source is• Why?• This is the mark of a model scholar.

Create

And perhaps ... sooner or later...

You might come up with something totally new.

Use your imagination. Imagine specific action.

For example

Imagine benefitsImagine beneficiaries