Sunday, March 7, 2010
Let it Rock
Alright so this week was a total mind evaluation. WE HAD TO THINK. ALOT. haha I do believe that metacognition is a good thing to do and that it is a good thing to learn about so we are more aware of it. I have found that I tend to do it a lot, sometimes while the situation that I need to think about is happening. However it never hurts to do it again and again. The more I think about it the more I think of the saying there are two sides to every story. Now when I first hear this (and probably most of you) I think there is my side and there is the other person involved side. Well while going into this deep train of thought I have come to the conclusion there is two sides for just me (and sometimes more). We all have our first reaction which in many cases is what ends up happening. Now as Heath was saying in class how he had mentioned that he hated the book, he had said something that came across not as it was supposed to. He of course didn't mean that (at least that is what he says now). So when thinking about this I think of a situation that seems to be reoccurring each week. I dislike a certain part of my Tuesdays and Thursdays (yes a certain class) and my actions in this class are not what they could be. I of course am doing things to make me enjoy my days a little more, however I can think of multiple ways that I am effecting not only myself, but the kids around me and the teacher. Moving forward I can also say for those that have developed a high level of metacognition and can catch themselves (by that I mean think about what is happening before it is happening) have a chance to stop themselves and can act in the manner that is going to bring about the best result. So after rambling and loosing myself a time or two (lack of focus at this point) the goal I believe after all this is to practice this enough to know what the situation is going to turn into and why it is going that way so we have a chance to fix the outcome before it is too late. Thats all I have to say
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I am mad I had just written a really nice comment but forgot to put in the security thing so it didn't post. So, this is probably going not as good of a comment as the one I had already written. I find that there are people in some of my class that come and sit there the whole time and complain about how bad it is or how boring. I hate sitting by these people because that makes me not want to be there even more. I also find that this takes place while doing homework with other people. You can be pumped and ready to sit down and pound out the homework not matter how long it's going to take, but then you get that one person who doesn't want to be there, or doesn't want to do it at all. I feel like they suck all the energy out of the group. Nobody wants to do it then and you find yourself looking at the clock all the time and realizing how long it is taking to do it. I do this sometime when we do homework, but when I notice that I am doing it I try to make 180 and start being really up-beat and positive.
ReplyDeleteHey Cody great post :]
ReplyDeleteI agree there are situations I get put into that I do not enjoy and I can feel my attitude affecting the other people around me, especially the people who might be having a good time even if I'm not. It's good to step back and think about why we feel that way and see if there's anything we can do to flip that into a positive.