what is a parasite? a parasite is a living thing
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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