You+Can+Count+on+Me

Class Notes 1/19 (recorded by Dom Polizzi):


 * Themes
 * o Faith
 * § Terry Says he hopes his life is as important as everyone else’s because of the people who care about him and the people he cares about and the importance he gives it himself
 * § Father Ron and Sammy discussing whether fear should still be used in religion
 * § Believing in something because you think its true not because you feel like you have to believe
 * o Family/Siblings
 * o Growing Up
 * § Very little about how Terry and Sammy grew up. We only get to see how they turned out.
 * o The affect of one event on two different people
 * § The death of their parents effected Terry and Sammy differently
 * o Hitting rock bottom
 * o Trying to please people
 * § Sammy says she is in her relationships because she feels sorry for them
 * o Using people
 * § Brian is using Sammy to escape his situation at home

Class Notes 1/20 (recorded by Kyle Heinz):


 * Watch video on Sammy talking to the priest
 * People like clear cut black and white answers more than a shady grey
 * Pedagogical- maybe word of the day
 * Writing things down mean people pay more attention
 * Motivation by fear
 * D.A.R.E program discussion
 * Requiem For A Dream, horrifying movie
 * Vatican 2 church opening itself to the world
 * Pair up and record things we liked and things we didn’t like about the movie be specific
 * Imagine stuff about the Gospels
 * Youtube video I love Jesus but I don’t believe
 * No one likes a hypocrite self righteous people
 * Very Hungry Caterpillar and Where the Wild Things Are, very wonderful books
 * Watched the pool scene with Terry and Rudy
 * Star gazing- maybe word of the day

Likes: Dislikes:
 * Pool game
 * Adults find things from kids
 * Terry
 * Computer color
 * No sense of rest of office surface
 * Sticky notes