Reflections by Club Members on Session 3

In the third session of The Thinkers' Club dated 17th August 2014, some new people joined us, so there are 20 of us now. 

First of all we shared the nests we had made with each other. Some awesome nests turned up.
Then we returned back to our topic "What and How do Animals Think" We discussed how humans think differently from animals. These are the points we got:

Animals  think about:
How to defend themselves.
Where to live.
Where to find some thing to eat
What they should do to reproduce.

Humans' are different because:
They are Selfless.
They have a purpose of life.
They are proactive whereas animals are reactive.
They have a religion.
They have wisdom.
They follow traditions.
They are curious.
They have a lifestyle.
They have hobbies and freedom of choice.
They have the sense of right and wrong and needs and wants.
They can identify problems, analyze and then solve them.
They plan for future longer than animals.
They are creative and they can express with ease.
They have a language unlike animals.

Written by Abiha Salman
Club Member

Last Sunday and and the Sunday before that I attended a workshop called Thinkers Club. I am only able to attend session 2 and session 3, and I thought although these classes were not as I expected, they were certainly educational. These classes we learnt about animals thoughts, wether they think and what they think. We also had to make nests, as a homework to show that birds do have to think to be able to create such a thing, although we learnt that animals have a limited thinking ability. They are able to think about the near future and about the bare necessities of life, such as reproducing and caring for offspring, finding or building shelter, finding or hunting for food, finding drink, and protecting oneself from predators or natural disasters. As an animal lover, I was pleased about the topic and found the debate during session 2 riveting. I noticed one thing though. Most people in favor that animals think seemed to be the sort of people who would be animal lovers. Another thing I noticed was that while discussing if animals think, we were actually thinking ourselves! Although the class was an hour and a half long, it felt like a mere fifteen minutes. These classes were interesting and I regret that I'm unable to attend any more. I advise anyone reading this to attend this class, if they aren't already, and if they wish to use their brains to at least part of its potential.

Written by Dania Khan
Club Member

Today we discussed ‘What animals think’ in the topic ‘Do animals think’. 3 children had made the nests (previous homework).  Each one was uniquely creative and different. After all the children had gathered, we discussed about what animals think. We finally found 4 basic points as mentioned below:

1.       Protection from danger

2.       What to eat

3.       How and where to live

4.       Produce offspring/Give birth.

We discussed whether humans can think like animals and we answered “yes”. There can be any such human. But as Allah (S.W.T) has created us the best of all creations ,there are several things that make us different from animals. We got different answers and we jotted them down on the board and in our notebooks:

1.       Selflessness/thinking of others

2.       Purpose of life/goals.

3.       Proactive instead of reactive (emotional control)

4.       Follows instructions and orders of Allah (religion)

5.       Curiosity/urge to gain knowledge.

6.       Culture/manners/routine

7.       Freedom of choice: interests and hobbies.

8.       Sense of right and wrong.

9.       Problem solving and analysis.

10.   Planning for long term future

11.   Beautiful forms of expressing creativity.

12.   Highly developed languages.

We ended with an introduction of the new boys from L2L academy and added their names to the member’s list.

The homework was to prepare a report about Migratory birds which we will send to the Thinkers' club email address. This session was interesting and fun.

Written by Zainab Salman

Club Member

The session 3 of thinker's club dated 17 August 2014, was very informative. A few more children joined the Thinker's Club today making it more intriguing. I was thoroughly immersed throughout the session. I go to know a few interesting things, like how humans and animals think. It was a wonderful session and I am sure I'll attend all sessions in the future.

Written by Azka Javeria

Club Member