"Idleness is a virtue?" Post 7 - My thoughts on presentation

Firstly I would like to sincerely thank all in my group. It was a great pleasure to work with you all on the preparation for our presentation.

I feel that the presentation itself went very well. Each point was argued with conviction and confidence. Variety was demonstrated via the ways in which these points were argued, for example mine and Emma's creative dialogue in comparison to Ollie's and Andre's necessary academic approach, and Katrina's interactive opening in which she highlighted the aims of our presentation and directly questioned the audience on their opinions and general perceptions of 'Idleness.'

I also felt we argued very well in defence of the criticisms put to the ideas we presented. They opposing arguments themselves were constructive and gave us the chance to elaborate and extend our original ideas. However, I do feel that the point raised concerning those suffering of a medical condition perhaps equating to 'laziness', not a valid ground for criticism in opposition to our argument.

We clearly stated, through our opening argument and creative dialogue between Emma and myself, that idleness had been accepted on our behalf, as a state of mind. I fail to see how medical conditions can equate to actual laziness, as we presented the condition of actual laziness to be as so through the choice made by the individual. I feel this quite a narrow minded perspective to adopt and an unnecessary point to make given the context of our presentation. I think the point made was an interesting one, but for separate discussion. I think to discuss whether the individual personal suffering from a given medical condition can equate to the lazy person, would be to explore quite a separate issue. It is therefore, in my opinion, an issue that has no place in the fabric of our debate.

I am happy with the overall presentation of our work. Idleness may be seen negatively by many, due to the demands placed upon us in the current Capitalist society in which we live. But I feel we challenged this accepted opinion very well, and fully achieved the aims we set out to accomplish.

Well done everyone!