Thursday, March 28, 2013

QotW: 4/1/13 "Be Open Minded"




Respond to this quote by analyzing three or more of the questions below.

1. What is this a metaphor for?

2. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

3. What does it mean to be open minded vs. too open minded?

4. What do people need to be open minded about?

5. Can you connect the idea this quote represents to anything in current events?

39 comments:

  1. 1. This is a metaphor because the quote is telling people to be open minded but not literally to let you brains fall out from being too open minded. It’s just comparing people who don’t think for themselves because “their brains fell out” from never being judgmental.

    2. I agree with this statement because everyone should be open minded about things that are important. But also, people that are so open minded and are so open with everything and even the things they shouldn't be and can’t even think for yourself.

    3. Open minded is just being not so judgmental about everything. But being too open minded is when people don’t judge anything and just do what someone says really. It could turn out bad because everyone judges something and if you don’t sometimes, you can get into something bad.

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  2. 2. I agree with this statement because we need to be open to try new things but not too open that we are not making our own decisions.
    3. Opened minded is good for us because we're trying something that we would have never thought of doing. Being too open minded is when we try or do something new, but we do it constantly that were not making our own decisions.
    4. People need to be open minded about trying something new or something that they hate or like. For example if someone was scared of a ride and would never think of going on it. Or if you're in a business and someone gives a good but crazy idea that might actually work.

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  3. 2) I agree with this statement because it’s good to be a little open minded for new things but if you get too open minded things could go bad.

    3) open minded is basically your open to trying new things here and there but too open minded is you’re always doing new things that could have bad things follow with it.

    4) New activities like trying out different sports, or new foods. say you only eat pasta, if you’re open minded you may try a few new things like fruit or vegetables.

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  4. I agree with this statement because it’s good to be open minded about things but not so open minded that you try anything or you don't have your own opinions.

    Open minded is when you see both sides about some things, or try some things. Being too open minded that you see both sides about everything, or you don’t have your own opinion on things.

    People need to be open minded about problems throughout the world. Like see both sides before make any judgments.

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  5. 2) I agree with this statement because when people start to describe something, they start to get open minded about it. But when they talk for more than 2 minutes, they go EVEN MORE open minded than before.

    4) People need to be open minded about the things that are going on. Like for example, the events that are going on about gun violence or just violence overall!

    5) I can connect this quote to an EVENT. This event can happen anywhere. The event is when people discuss! They can be open minded about their topic and explain for minutes. Then they will believe whatever anyone says so they go EVEN MORE OPEN MINDED.

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  6. I agree with this statement, because being open minded is a good thing. You would never try something new. You would never know what you like and what you don’t. You could never really know what’s wrong and what’s right. But if you are too open minded it could be a bad thing. If you And that’s an important thing to.


    Open minded is willing to try new things. Learning new things, and having new experiences. But being too open minded could be never doing what you want. Always doing something new. Always doing something without thinking. That’s bad. You need to be open minded but not too open minded. If you become too open minded you will stop making your own decisions. You could become like a different person. You wouldn’t be you. You have to be open minded, but not go overboard.


    People need to be more open about new things. If we just stay to all the stuff we know, nothing will change. Sometimes change is good. If we just stick with the old stuff life will get boring. Trying new foods, clothes, styles, anything really. But change could be fun, and new. I think people need to be more open minded about life styles, to change things up. Before life gets boring. We need to be more fun, and try new things.

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  7. 1) I Agree with this statement that if you are too open minded about something and that you think to much about and kinda freak out about it.

    2) What it means to be too open minded vs open minded that you will believe anything that someone tells you and that more or less you should never be too open minded about some or just be open minded because that you should always try something that you never done.

    3) People need to be open minded about the things like trying something new that never to be scared about what it is and that you should always try it.

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  8. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
    I agree because you should try new and different things, but not all things you should try.
    Some things could get you in bad situations.
    What does it mean to be open minded vs. too open minded?
    Being open minded is trying things like foods, clothes, or subjects in school, but being too open minded is trying everything. It could be bad or good, so you should be cautious when you be to open minded.
    What do people need to be open minded about?
    People should be open minded about schools, homework, trying new foods, what jobs they will get, friends, and how they act.

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  9. Being open minded is to think about something or at least keep it in mind. Being too open minded you are thinking about something too much and you believe too much.


    People need to be open minded about violence and other dangerous things like fires and theft. Also how other people are feeling before they say something because some people may not be in a good mood or before someone says something and what they say can be misinterpreted.

    Cook county has raised their gun taxes up $25 because ⅓ of gun violence in cook county are from guns being bought legally. They didn’t make guns completely away but they thought about gun violence and people who bought guns.

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  10. Don’t think so hard that other got to think for you and make up your mind instead you making up your only mind. I do agree with statement because people need to be open mind about about the violence in the world the gun crime. Also other stuff that happening in other country not just united state.Also be open mind about your own safety and other safety. Don’t just be open minded about your self be open minded about the world.

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  11. 1.This metaphor is to tell people that they can do new things in life and try new things and some of what others tell them to try but they cannot be so open minded that they start doing whatever others tell them to do and they don't make their own decisions.

    2.I agree with this statement because it is telling you that you can be open minded just not too open minded meaning that you try new things in life but, you can´t be so over minded that you can't make your own decision.

    3.Open minded is to try new things in life and experiment new things. Too open minded means to be so over minded that you do whatever others tell you to do and never make your own choice or decision and you just don´t think about anything pretty much because you believe whatever anyone says.

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  12. I do agree with this statement because it is good to be open minded about things and consider things before judging it. But not too open minded that you can’t make any decision for yourself and do things you don’t want to or you know is wrong.

    Being open minded is considering things you don’t necessarily like or have ever tried. On the other hand being too open minded can lead you to believe what others say that may not be true or do things that are wrong or things you don’t want to do and not be able to make your own decisions.

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  14. 2) I do agree with the quote, because being open minded is something good, its always great to try new things because you have to see how it will turn out, but being over opened minded is bad as well. It would be like someone else making your decisions and letting them do things to you, you might not want done.

    3) The difference between being open minded and being too open minded is that being open minded allows you to try new things, get more experiences, and gain more knowledge. Being too open minded is causing others to make your decisions and actions into what they want you to do.

    4) I would say people need to be more open minded about trying new foods, because you won’t know if you like it until you try it!

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  15. 1. I agree with this statement because people should always be open minded because you never know what could happen you say you don’t like fish but you can try a piece and say it’s really good.

    2. To be opened minded is to try things that you probably wouldn’t and too open minded it when you do something against what you believe so the difference is that opened minded has a lot of options and too open minded is very complex.

    3. People need to more open minded about food and roller coasters and animals and violence around the world because you're never going to know what it is or how it feels in less you are open minded about it.

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  16. People need to be open minded about what they want to believe is true.They think that what they think is better.

    I do not agree with the statement because people that are two open minded have jobs as in a receptionist.those people go with what the person they work for says.

    If you are open minded then you believe that something is what you think it is if you are two open minded then you go with what others say.

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  17. I agree with this statement because if you are open minded to the point that your brain falls out you are not standing up for yourself. Being too open minded and not being able to stand up for yourself can get you into trouble. You will come to the point where people are basically making your decisions for you because you are saying yes to everything.People need to be open minded about the big and important topics in the world. They have to be open minded about that stuff because those are the things that are going to matter later in life. Some of those important topics in life could be which of two jobs you are going to take. That is a good example of something to be open minded about because that will really determine what path you take in life. To be open minded vs. being too open minded has a very big difference. If someone is being open minded that means that they are being optimistic and trying new things, but when people are too open minded they are throwing their beliefs about a certain topic away for something that they really don't want to throw it away for. They are being way too optimistic.

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  18. I agree with this statement because I think that everybody could be more open minded to a lot of things like trying new things to seeing other people’s sides/arguments. I also believe that being open minded opens lets you go further in life and accomplish more things, it just depends on how you look at it, and being open minded could get you to a good future.People need to be more open minded about trying new things, learning more, getting to know people or things before they judge them, learning more and looking at things in different ways. Being open minded means that you are willing to see the good in things and you're not judging something before you get to know it or try it. Being too open minded means you are going away from your own beliefs/opinions.

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  19. 2. I agree with this statement because being open minded is not being given as much details as being too open minded.
    1. It is a metaphor for saying being too open minded can let out too much details and reasoning.
    3. People need to be open minded because it is good to express your feelings and/or opinion.

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  20. This is a metaphor for trying new things and being “open minded” but not being too open minded that you give up your beliefs in the process. Like if you're a vegan and someone wants you to try a steak you shouldn’t give up being a vegan because someone wants you to.I agree with this statement because you have try new things to see what you like but don't go against your morals to try new things.Being open minded means to do something you've never done before, but being too open minded is being pushed around and doing everything someone wants you to try. Being too open minded can also be going against your beliefs to try something new

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  21. 2. I agree with this statement because many people need to be open minded to things so they can experience new things, live differently instead of living only one lifestyle. But if you become too open minded you may go away from what you believe in or fall into different categories that don't fit you.

    3. When you are open minded you can try different things but when you're too open minded you might go all the way and completely change yourself. You might even do things against your beliefs or your parents because you might try different things even if its against your religion or you might try a different lifestyle or religion because you got too open minded.

    4. People need to be more open minded on people’s ideas, foods, plans, etc... so that they could try new things differently and still feel good about it.

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  22. 1.) This is a metaphor because its telling you to try new things, but not things that go against what is important to you, or your beliefs. If you were to break your beliefs just to try something not too important it would be too open minded.

    2.) I agree with this statement because I think its good to be open minded but not to the point where you’re doing some really crazy stuff. Like if you were to try new foods, it would be an open minded thing to do, but if you were to try this different species of animal that could have easily kill you when it was alive is too open minded for me.

    3.) When someone is open minded, they try new stuff that they may like, and will change in the future. When someone is too open minded they try things that normally people wouldn’t try, because they don’t like it or goes against what they believe in.

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  23. This metaphor is for you to not shut out others ideas yet to keep hold of your beliefs. It shows that no matter where you go, there will always be different ideas, lifestyles and opinions. And there will always be differences, and always be conflict. However that’s okay! Everyone is unique. It shows that if you are already in the right frame of mind, and open to new things, you can truly benefit from the differences between ourselves. Hold on to your ideas, and except new ones. Many people, as a whole, could stand to be more open minded to religion and culture. Everywhere you go there are different religions, beliefs, customs and people. Yet anywhere you go you bound to find someone who decides they don’t believe the same as someone else, everyone is unique. Some people take their disbelief too far and choose that anyone other than themselves is wrong and has no sense.
    I agree with this statement because I think that we must at least try to understand a person’s (or peoples’) thinking withholding judgement at least until you hear their reasoning. However if you are so open minded you allow others to think for you. And not just accept their choices and beliefs, without gathering your own. I believe there should be a happy medium.

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  24. This quote can be described as a Metaphor because it’s impossible to be SO open minded for your brains to literally fall out.

    Yes I agree with the statement on being open minded because I think that thats how everyone should be, like just putting your ideas out there instead of hiding them, because you never know what could happen.

    People can be open minded about anything, anything they want to talk about. Like they just have have to be willing to express their opinions and their ideas and stuff like that.


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  25. This is a metaphor people to not judge something to a point where their opinion could not be changed but to try new things and listen to others opinions but don’t continue to do that to a point where you are going against your religion or beliefs. I agree with this statement because going into something you don’t necessarily know everything about it and other people have other opinions and things to say that may make you change your mind but if you are very open minded it may cause you to go against things you believe in which is something we don’t want to do.To be open minded means to not judge or have a great opinion on something before really knowing about it too much because your opinion may change or you may have a different feeling after but to be too open minded means you may go along with everything so while go along with it you may go against your beliefs. For example a vegetarian doesn't eat meat but say one of them becomes so open minded than they may eat it which is going against their beliefs. But to be open minded just means you may have an opinion but you should still try new things and see new things so your opinion may change but you aren't going against things you believe in.

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  26. I agree with this statement because to be open minded is a good thing, you can try new things and maybe like it or not. But its not good to be too open minded because then you just kinda good with it and go against your beliefs.To be open mined is to try new things and like new things be different form other people, but to be too open minded isn't so good because if you really don’t like something and someone tells you to be open minded about it its going against you and what you believe and that's not you anymore.

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  27. This quote is a metaphor for being too open minded, its good to consider other sides but its not good to be too open minded that you can't make your own conclusion. Theres a difference from being open minded and being too open minded. Being open minded means being willing to take a look at and consider the other side and then forming your own opinion or side. Being too open minded is looking at both sides and agreeing with both, you don't have a favorite you like everything and you can’t make your own decisions. People need to keep an open mind about races and different religions. I agree with this statement because I think you should always go in with an open mind but in the end have your own opinion.

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  28. I strongly agree with this quote because you can be open minded but not so much where you don't have and opinion or a mind of your own.
    Being too open minded is like being a follower to be open minded you can agree to disagree
    People need to be more open minded about how other people present themselves.. like maybe they don't normally talk to people who wear makeup so they miss out on talking to someone they could have been really close with. don't judge a book by its cover

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  29. I agree with this statement because if a person is too open minded, than they are going to be a follower 100% of the time, and can’t come to a conclusion for themselves. Open minded means that you’re open to ideas, too open minded means that you’re always going to agree with everybody, and can’t come to a conclusion. People need to open minded about things they never tried, experienced in their lifetime, for example if someone didn't go on a rollercoaster before, then go on one before you judge.

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  30. To Start giving things a chance, But not everything that comes your way.
    I agree because things like this can really get out of control, and something can go wrong while you are doing things.
    Open minded is giving certain things a chance and doing certain things, while being too open minded is not giving your an opinion and accepting everything that comes your way.

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  31. It’s saying in the metaphor that you should be open to knew thing and explore other stuff but be secure about what you’re doing notice what you’re doing while doing it don’t follow the wrong path.
    what does mean for open minded and to opened it means that when you’re too opened minded you don’t make your own decisions you do anything never stop.
    Their career and and life because they're going to have to be open about new things and new people have choose different path down the way of learning how to be a man or a women

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  32. People need to be open minded just about everything but also have a close mind too because if you're too open minded you're just not thinking at all and all that you do is just agree with everything and start to be a follower with everyone else and doing what other people do. I agree with the statement but i don't at the same time because you don't want to be close minded too the point where you do your routine and just do yours and don't do anything else but what you do or try anything but what you love.But i agree because you really shouldn't be a open mind too the point where you never make your own decisions.it means to be open minded trying new things doing new things making your decisions.Being to open minded is like not making YOUR decisions and doing anything what the other people do.

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  33. This is a metaphor for people not to judge something to a point where their opinion can’t be changed but to try new things and listen to what other people have to say and what their opinion is. It is also telling people not to be so open minded that they have no opinion of their own and are going against what they believe in. I agree with this statement because if you are going in to something you don’t necessarily know a lot about you want to be open minded about other peoples opinion to change your mind about the topic but if you are too open minded you may end up doing something you may not want to do. To be open minded means that you don’t judge or have a solid opinion on anything if you don’t know a lot about it. Your opinion may change or you may have a different feeling after you hear other peoples opinions or point of view on it. But if you are too open minded someone could possibly change your opinion because you don’t want to disagree with someone. For example, if you don’t believe in a certain religion someone could tell you to believe in it and you would because you’re too open minded and don’t have a solid opinion on the topic.

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  34. I agree with this statement because you don’t want to be too open minded because there are things you just disagree with. Sometimes you just have to pick a side by judging it not by not judging it.
    To be too open minded is be open minded about everything like even small things about food. Open minded means to just be open minded about some things like food giving some things a chance to taste but not everything.
    People have to be open minded about people not judge them right away by the way they look or just something you don’t like about them. Also, new things that you are doing because you have to give things a chance before you think its dumb.

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  35. I agree with this quote because everyone should be open minded to some things in this world but, not all because if you are open minded to everything you don’t have an opinion and that's important.
    The difference of being open minded and being too open minded is open minded means to try different things in life that maybe you don’t like and being too open minded means that you don’t have control of how much to agree with a person and that you yourself don’t have personal thoughts.The things that people have to be open minded about is different languages, heritage, culture, foods, new and not use to so, you can try different things


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  36. This is a Metaphor for that you could be open minded about some things, but you can’t be open minded about everything. If you are open minded about everything, you could be missing out on a lot of other things. One example of this would be judging a book by its cover. I agree with this statement, because if you are open minded about everything, you miss out on a lot of other things you could be doing. But sometimes if you are open minded about things, you could still do other things, and not just be open minded all of the time. Being open minded vs too open minded is if you are open minded about things you don’t judge things, and if you are too open minded, you never judge things, and you will miss out on other things that you could be doing.

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  37. I agree with this statement because you can not be open minded to every time. Some stuff shouldn't be said because some of that can be mean. Like if you don't like what you're doing don't say it out loud because its mean.
    If you're too open minded you are very judgmental over everything you do. Open minded is saying some stuff but keeping some stuff in your mind.
    You can not be too open minded that everything you do you have to make a comment about. But you do need to be open minded sometimes because you have to tell the truth for a good reason.

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  38. They need to be will to try anything. Like trying new foods or music.
    The quote means to be open minded but not too much that you can´t decide on who or what is better. like whos better white sox or cubs? and you don´t know who to pick.
    I agree with the statement because you want to try new stuff and if you're not open minded you don't want to try new stuff. Like when i was little i didn't like tomatoes but i was open minded and tasted one I liked it.

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  39. this metaphor is saying that you should be aware of things that happen around you but don’t take it to serious and take things too far if they are too open minded. But if you're open minded it is good because you are honest If you're open minded I think that you are honest and you don’t go too far with thing’s. But if you're too open minded I think you say what you think and that you do too much and say to much when you do that. I think people need to be open minded about personal stuff and I think people should not take things too far with it and. Share their thoughts but not in a bad way.

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