Blog Post 10

An Open Letter to Educators

In this blog post Morgan is comparing some of her lecture classes with her computer class, which is similar to our EDM 310 class. I do this same thing occasionally. It is so interesting to me how one class can make learning so interesting and fun that it doesn't even feel like I am being forced to do an assignment; I want to because it is really something that I have never done before and it is fun. While on the other hand, I have these hour long lecture classes that I dread going to and like Morgan have to force my self to literally stay awake but also how do you stay focused when you have a monotone professor talking about something he really doesn't even want to be talking about...give me a break! I think that most students feel this way!

Don't Let Them Take Pencils Home
I think that this post was great to remind teachers and people in general that in life we need to focus not on the problem but on finding a solution for the problem. It is much easier to talk about the problem over and over again than it is to find a solution to the problem...this is the problem!

Two Questions That Can Change Your Life

Two great Questions! I think that it is really great to do self evaluations, it
allows you to think about what you are doing and what is really important to you. The question "Am I better today than yesterday" is a great one to ask. If you did something today that you did not excel at or that you were not particularly proud of...there is alway tomorrow to do better. I like the idea of having a sentence to live by.  My sentence to live by is "NEVER GIVE UP!"  I think that you can do anything if you really want to and like Randy Pausch said in his final lecture...if you give up on something than you really did not want it bad enough.