Throughout this quarter I have learned many things about myself.
The Mindbook assignments taught me things about myself that I did not know. I learned that when I start a project I start off with one intention for the project. But as the assignment progresses I find myself adding details and coming up with new thought processes and ideas as I'm working. One thing I did not know about myself is that I am capable of thinking on a deeper level when it comes to a project that seems simple.
Through the essays I learned about "The Elusive Big Idea" and how social networks are not helping but rather suppressing the creative personalities we all possess. "The Creative Personality" helped me learn about what makes a person 'creative' and made me reflect on my own personality. I learned the reason of why our nation seems to be falling behind academically from reading "The Creativity Crisis". These essays all teach something specific and I learned that when I take the time to really read them, I'm overcome with the wisdom I hear in those sentences.
Finally, reflecting on all of these essays through my class blog. At first I was a little terrified at the idea of having to write my own blog and be graded on my posts, but as I was writing my first entry the words would not stop flowing! On every entry since, my posts have been significantly longer compared to those of other classmates and it's only because I had so many thoughts and ideas running through my head that I had to express them all in each post. This blog has taught me to open my mind to the ideas inside of it and put these thoughts to paper (or virtual paper).
If I can learn all of these things in the first quarter of the school year, I can only imagine what's waiting for me in the next three.
Until next time,
Rachel.
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