Trimester 2 Praxis Question

Praxis Question:

How do things evolve?


These types of questions are required to be answered in a well researched essay that pertains to the daily life of an individual as well as that individual's classes, technology, community, and the like. A question is presented each trimester; the first trimester's being "What is more beneficial, success or failure?". Afterward, a presentation must be given in groups of three a week later that displays what is understood and interpreted of the question in a new and creative way. These questions are meant to get us thinking; there is scarcely a moment where they have a factual answer. When you get down to it, it is basically a very educated persuasive essay with work from classes as proof as such.

To help clarify a few points of the question, our teacher helped dissect certain aspects of the question. What "things" are we going to discuss? What is the difference between change and evolution? While the first question was easily answered with things such as objects, living things, cultures, and technology, the second was a little harder to interpret. What was the difference, if any? To me, it seemed evident that evolution was a change that responded to the environment that allowed something to adapt and have a higher percentage of survival. This process is slow, often expanding many years before a noticeable change can be identified. Change on the other hand seems more immediate and is brought about more from the mentality than an outside force; or, more precisely, the mentality that we must change in response to an outside force based either on need or want (while evolution is the process of change in response to a need). Change can affect a person's life dramatically and even the smallest incident can bring about an evolution of thought. Someone could change their entire outlook on life, evolving to adapt to that change either mentally, physically, or both. So, once you get down to it, change is a mere stepping stone in the process of evolution.

In my case, I find praxis questions quite enjoyable. I enjoy the conversations with my mother about these things, something she is equally jubilant about to converse with someone about these things. It is only today that I found out about the question. I can't wait to return home and enter a mind teasing conversation with my mother.