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Introduction
My aim in compiling this portfolio was to reflect on the things that have struck me throughout this
crazy module. When I first registered for SUS1501, I assumed it would be another box-ticking
exercise—read the material, answer the multiple-choice questions, submit, and move on. I could not
have been more wrong. This module forced me to confront uncomfortable truths about the world I
live in, the choices I make every day, and the unexamined assumptions that have quietly shaped my
life.
My starting point for doing this was to revisit my opinions to the multiple choice questions which
were presented in the Crossroads assignment. I present these current opinions, together with my
original opinions, and some brief notes in the section entitled: "Back at the Crossroads!" Revisiting
those twenty questions was a strange experience. Some of my answers had not changed at all, which
told me that certain values were already firmly rooted in me—even if I had never articulated them.
But other answers had shifted, sometimes dramatically, and those shifts revealed exactly where the
module had challenged me most.
What struck me while working through the notes was how often my original choices reflected
convenience, fatalism, or a quiet acceptance of "the way things are." I chose options that let me off
the hook. I chose options that sounded realistic rather than right. Confronting those choices in
writing, question by question, made me realise that ethics is not abstract. It is personal, it is
uncomfortable, and it demands something of me.
Once I have done this, I will reflect on the entire learning process and draw some key conclusions
about this crazy module and about the things that really struck me—the theories that gave me new
language for old instincts, the discussions with fellow students that made me rethink my positions,
and the moments where I had to admit that my convenience was costing someone else something I
would never be willing to pay myself.
Introduction
My aim in compiling this portfolio was to reflect on the things that have struck me throughout this
crazy module. When I first registered for SUS1501, I assumed it would be another box-ticking
exercise—read the material, answer the multiple-choice questions, submit, and move on. I could not
have been more wrong. This module forced me to confront uncomfortable truths about the world I
live in, the choices I make every day, and the unexamined assumptions that have quietly shaped my
life.
My starting point for doing this was to revisit my opinions to the multiple choice questions which
were presented in the Crossroads assignment. I present these current opinions, together with my
original opinions, and some brief notes in the section entitled: "Back at the Crossroads!" Revisiting
those twenty questions was a strange experience. Some of my answers had not changed at all, which
told me that certain values were already firmly rooted in me—even if I had never articulated them.
But other answers had shifted, sometimes dramatically, and those shifts revealed exactly where the
module had challenged me most.
What struck me while working through the notes was how often my original choices reflected
convenience, fatalism, or a quiet acceptance of "the way things are." I chose options that let me off
the hook. I chose options that sounded realistic rather than right. Confronting those choices in
writing, question by question, made me realise that ethics is not abstract. It is personal, it is
uncomfortable, and it demands something of me.
Once I have done this, I will reflect on the entire learning process and draw some key conclusions
about this crazy module and about the things that really struck me—the theories that gave me new
language for old instincts, the discussions with fellow students that made me rethink my positions,
and the moments where I had to admit that my convenience was costing someone else something I
would never be willing to pay myself.
