Monday, October 17, 2011
Midterm Prep
At this point, I can't really say that anything confuses me. However, I won't say that I'm one hundred percent confident in my ability to pass this midterm. Not because I don't understand the meanings of these terms (retrospective structuring, felt sense, projective structuring) but because I know that I have the tendency to forget the things I read. I've always had this trouble ever since I was little. I was always a great student in english and I sucked at math, but when it came down to taking the big state tests at the end of the year, I'd do great on the math tests, especially on the harder topics, and end up failing the reading tests. I don't have a particular problem with reading. I used to be very fast at it because I read all the time. I think my main problem is in reading something I'm just not interested in. Unless I choose the book myself and continue to stay interested in it, I will forget everything I've just read literally after finishing the sentence. And it normally doesn't even matter if I'm in a quiet place by myself or in a loud one--it still doesn't stay in my head. It tends to take me a little longer to read things and understand them because I end up having to read one sentence a thousand times before it sticks in my head and I'm able to move on from it.
Moving on...out of the three terms, I find retrospective structuring the most useful--or rather what I use the most. I think it's useful because a big issue with students when it comes to writing their papers is that they have a lot of thoughts on a single topic and they don't understand how to just zero in on the most important or sometimes to even stay on the topic. We lose sight of what the original question was and just ramble on and on about the topic, but not on the question.
Out of the three terms, the hardest for me to grasp, I suppose would be projective structuring. Mostly because, sometimes I can lose sight of other people's perspective. I probably wouldn't know how to respond properly to someone's criticism or opinions towards it. I would respect it because everyone's entitled to their own opinions, but I don't know if I'd be able to rebuttle is all.
Moving on...out of the three terms, I find retrospective structuring the most useful--or rather what I use the most. I think it's useful because a big issue with students when it comes to writing their papers is that they have a lot of thoughts on a single topic and they don't understand how to just zero in on the most important or sometimes to even stay on the topic. We lose sight of what the original question was and just ramble on and on about the topic, but not on the question.
Out of the three terms, the hardest for me to grasp, I suppose would be projective structuring. Mostly because, sometimes I can lose sight of other people's perspective. I probably wouldn't know how to respond properly to someone's criticism or opinions towards it. I would respect it because everyone's entitled to their own opinions, but I don't know if I'd be able to rebuttle is all.
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