If I am being honest, I felt pretty unproductive and very confused for most of this week. In the beginning, my group still had a couple of people who needed to finish the book, but Lauren and I had finished, so we began working on the Google picture notes presentation. The question that our group chose was “How does socialization affect our outlook?” This is a very broad idea that has a lot of different things we could cover. Since we all have different perspectives and were in different spots in the reading, coming together to take notes was a little bit difficult. Right now, our notes are pretty scattered and random, but I think it will be okay as they are just there to supplement the writing. We began thinking about the website as well, but there is still a lot that needs to be done. We don’t have a solid plan yet and are still a little confused as to what we are trying to accomplish. Many questions will be asked, but hopefully we will have it done by Friday. I know we lose Jessica halfway through the week too so that will be another obstacle that we have to face. This week I have been reminded how important it is to trust the process and be patient. I know my next blog post will explain just how nicely everything came together, it just doesn’t feel like that right now. The Kite Runner is a great book, and there are many wonderful things that we will want to highlight in our project. https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/how-to-work-well-in-a-group.html
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I have been wishing for a week like this for the whole year. Not that I wanted to have a sub four out of the five days, but I loved that the only thing I really did all week was read. I often wish we had more time in class to read as we usually only get forty five minutes a week, while this time I read about forty five minutes a day. We were able to read so much because we need to complete our books before we can start working on our next unit. While I don’t really understand the Snowfall project, I know that my group and I will figure it out and get it done. Until then, I get to read one of my favorite books ever - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I really don’t have one single favorite book. There are so many books that I appreciate and adore for different reasons, but I can easily say that Khaled Hosseini is my favorite author. All of his stories are meaningful and thought-provoking, which is why I’m glad we chose this book for our project. I think the two will go together well as Hosseini's writing has so much for us to work with. Right now my biggest concern going forward is seeing how well our group will work together. I know that designing the website and making everything flow nicely will probably be our biggest issue as nobody in our group is great with technology, but if I’ve learned anything from this class, it’s that we can complete what feels impossible. http://khaledhosseini.com/ The main focus of the week has been working on our Pecha Kucha presentations. I spent the beginning of my week finishing my second book as I didn’t finish it as early as I thought I would. The rest of the time was spent finding my outside sources and trying to organize all of my thoughts. For the base of my project, I knew that I wanted to talk about race and identity, but other than that I really didn’t know what I was going to do. After reading both of my books, some ideas came to mind, but I was still struggling with how to put everything together. I’ve realized that all of the past projects we’ve done have been group based. Though we wrote individual papers for the Tragedy unit, we spent weeks collaborating and sharing our thoughts with each other. The I Believe video was very personal, but required less literary thought than usual. It has been difficult for me to do such an individualized project this time as I am so used to bouncing my thoughts and ideas off of other people. It wasn’t until around Thursday or Friday that I started feeling a little bit better about my project. I was beginning to find some sources, and was starting to put things together. I was able to talk a little bit with the people at my table which helped me a ton. I think simply saying things out loud helps me process ideas a lot better. I found an amazing Ted Talk that talks about Imposter Syndrome, which is something I have felt and seen, but never knew had a name. I didn’t learn about this until the end of my project but it has really shifted my perspective and it fits well with both of my books. I am excited to see how everything turns out as I’m really invested in my topic, I just hope I can do it justice. http://www.ted.com/talks/dena_simmons_how_students_of_color_confront_impostor_syndrome/transcript?language=en |
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