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November 09, 2005
midsemester critique
The three things that assisted my learning in this community so far are: 1) The blogging itself. It has helped me create new ideas and learn from others what might be solutions to questions we have brought up in class. Also, having the dynamic calendars online have helped me keep up and stop procrastinating, for this class anyway. 2) The format of the class being in three different sections has helped tie everything together and made things more understandable for applications. Plus, I think I have found a new major thanks to Nanette's class(unfortunately it isnt offered here). The format has helped me to look around and be more perceptive with all my senses when I'm outside of class as well. 3) Lastly, the lack of extreme pressure with letter grades has helped boost my confidence in my own work and now I can be confident in new ideas that I think may be slightly controversial. It has helped me to stop just absorbing the information in class and regurgitating it but to expand my ideas and give applications to everyday life.
On the other hand, one thing that has prevented some learning in this community is the fact that sometimes it is unclear what we will be doing or how it relates to what we will be learning or have learned. For example, we do a lot of fun things in this community, but I dont exactly think meditation is needed in the middle of class. Sure, it is relaxing and some students may be stressed, but we must find our own time to relax and find a way to put that in our schedules as adults. It is understandable that there is a big transition from highschool to college, but many of us are used to stress in highschool as well. Overall, I can't say anything else that has preventing my learning because this is such a unique class and most everything we do is stimulating for the mind. It is hard to pick out something that is preventing my learning!
Posted by lcisyeich at November 9, 2005 11:06 AM