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110 REfLECTIvE COsMOPOLITANIsM Discussion Plan: Rights Begin by asking more specific questions about certain areas where rights are applied (right to property, right to food, right to choose, right to work etc.) and then, using their answers, ask the later, more general questions which focus on the origin and status of rights. 1. The teacher gives out tickets for the cinema and everyone in the group has one. If Elena is part of the group, does Elena have the right to a ticket? 2. There is one ticket less than the number of people in the group and it is impos- sible to get another one. Does Elena still have the right to a ticket? 3. Elena does not want to wait until the traffic lights turn to green so she crosses the road while the lights are still red. Does she have the right to do that? 4. When Elena gets home, she starts reading the comic section in the newspaper but her twin brother Pedro takes the newspaper away from her. Does he have the right to do that? 5. Elena’s family is having roast turkey for dinner. Does she have the right to a piece? 6. Elena’s brothers, Pedro and Juan both want turkey drumstick and so does Elena but there are only two. Does she have the right to one? 7. Elena’s dog, Fritz, is getting old and her parents decide to put him to rest. Does Fritz have the right to live? 8. Pedro, who is 12, sees his father smoking and wants to try it. Does he have the right to try? 9. Juan has just finished high school. Does he have the right to a job? 10. There is an assembly meeting in the neighborhood and Kevin, who lives in the area, wants to speak. Does he have the right? 11. There is an assembly meeting in the neighborhood and Juan, who does not live in the area, wants to speak. Does he have the right? 12. Are there rights we are born with, and other rights we acquire as we grow up? 13. Where do rights come from? 14. Are there things that are rights in one community or country, but not in another community or country? 15. Can some people’s rights annul other people’s rights? 16. Are there any rights that can never be annulled? Episode 8: Losing a match Leading Idea 1: Individual and community: teams What is a good team? How do you form a good team? It is normally clear that a team is good when it wins. That is why we say that Barcelona, Real Madrid or the Spanish football team are good football teams. However, we must not mistake a consequence (winning), which may or may not happen, for the conditions that define a good team (while the ef- ficacy criteria may be needed to define a good team, it is not enough) It’s less frequent to consider a team as good just because it has good players (al- though this is usually the first criteria we use when selecting who will play on a team). A