2. After Quiz: Please write in your notebooks on the following topic: Write about a time in your life when you knew something was wrong and you did nothing to stop it. What was happening? Why didn’t you do anything?
3. Read No Time to Think Read from 189 through the section called Small Steps at the top of 191. Stop after Small Steps As you read, think about and jot down: Why did the professor obey? What factors led to his decision? How did he evaluate that decision twenty years later? How do you evaluate it? How did each small step, emphasized by the professor, make it easier to take no action at all?
4. No Time to Think Read the rest of the story aloud As we read, consider the whole story and pick out the most important line to you. Lifted Line poem
5. Final Thoughts Does this story have any relevance today? Think about your life. Think about that time you saw something wrong and didn’t do anything. Think about our country and the way our world works. Do you ever feel the way the author did? Do you think it’s possible, at least on a lesser scale?
