1) ¿Cómo explicarías el “hilo sin

fin” del que habla Althusser?

2) ¿Cómo se asegura según Althusser
la reproducción de la fuerza de
trabajo diversamente calificada en el
régimen capitalista?
3) ¿Qué quiere decir que la
reproducción de la calificación de la
fuerza de trabajo se asegura en y
bajo las formas de sometimiento
ideológico?
 Do you have to be self-sacrificing to be a hero?
 Can someone who is selfish be a hero?
 Can you still be a hero if no-one thinks you are a
hero?
 Are famous people always heroes?
 If someone is idolised, does that mean they are a
hero?
 If you perform one heroic act, does that make you a
hero?
 Can villains be heroes?
 Could you be hero just for one day (as sung by David
Bowie)?

 Can you be heroic in defeat?

 Does a hero have to be a real person?
 Is there any value in people having heroes?
 Is there any value in people having no heroes?
 Can fictional heroes inspire people more that live
ones?
 Is there any value in people having fictional heroes?
 Are the behaviours of heroes meant to be admired or
copied or both?
 When should people not admire heroes?
 Can someone who is evil be a hero?
 Can you be a coward and a hero?
 What is an anti-hero?
 The term, ‘feet of clay’ is used to describe a hero who
has human faults (for example, Ghandi and his poor
 relationship with his children). Does every hero have
his/her faults?
 Is there such a person as someone with no faults? If
so, would they be a hero?

TEACHER: What’s a hero?

ADAM: Someone who’s brave.
TEACHER: Does that mean all brave people are heroes?
ADAM: I guess.
TEACHER: But a robber might be brave but does that make him a hero?
RACHEL: No, heroes have to be doing good things.
TEACHER: But wasn’t Hitler a hero to many people?
RACHEL: Yes, I suppose so.
TAS: Some people still think he’s a hero.
TEACHER: How can Hitler be thought of as a hero?
ANNIE: Because he was popular.
TEACHER: Does that mean all popular people are heroes? For example, Britney
Spears is popular but she’s not a hero, is she?
ANNIE: No, not really. But she might be a heroine to some people
TEACHER: Does that mean only men can be heroes?
ANNIE: No, heroines are the same thing.
BELINDA: Anyway, Britney’s got too many problems to be a hero or heroine.
TEACHER: But don’t we often hear of cancer-sufferers being heroes and haven’t they
got loads of problems?
LAURIE: Yes, but they haven’t messed themselves up. Britney has done it to herself.
TEACHER: Are you suggesting that heroes are faultless, perfect people?
LAURIE: No but they don’t mess themselves up like Britney has.
TEACHER: Well what about Ghandi, one of the 20th century’s most respected heroes;
he had a troubled relationship with his own children
ANITA: I guess everyone has troubles.
TEACHER: So what makes someone a hero then, if we all have troubles?
KALIM: A hero does things for other people.
TEACHER: But in a sense, the cancer sufferer is fighting the disease for their own
sake but we still often refer to them as heroes.
ELLIE: So maybe it’s to do with fighting for a just cause.
TEACHER: Do they have to be successful in that fight?
CHANTELE: Yes, otherwise they’d be a failure rather than a success.
TEACHER: Does that mean the 300 Spartan soldiers who held out for 2 weeks against
the might of the Persian army but were ultimately defeated, were not heroes?
KALIM: No, they were heroes otherwise there wouldn’t have been a film about them!
TEACHER: I don’t understand; does that mean losers are heroes?