A.1 and A.2 assignments

Learning DevelopmentA.1

 

1. How often did I read when I was younger? Did I like to read?

You didn’t read much as a child, you spent most of your time outside in the woods and being with your friends in the neighborhood. You never did well with reading comprehension, ever.

 

2. What subjects was I interested in as a child?

You loved dolphins! You always wanted to train dolphins at Seaworld. That is until your aunt bought you a million dolphin themed items and then you kinda fell out of that phase.

 

3. What was I like as a student?

You struggled in school, especially with math! You were really bad with reading comprehension

 

4. What are some of the ways I learn best?  (learning processes)

Whenever you studied with your dad or I or with someone else and actually studied things like vocabulary out loud you did a lot better.

 

5. How do I study? With music on? At the last minute?

You usually studied in front of the TV! And on the floor which I said over and over: do it at the kitchen table!!!

 

6.What did I like to do outside of school when I was younger?

In high school you obviously did marching band every fall and being Drum Major for three years took up pretty much all of your time!

 

7. How did my grades compare from when I was in elementary/middle school to when I was in high school?

(My mom is the principle’s secretary at my high school so she can look up my grades, absences, and junk like that.)

Your lowest grades were 85’s usually in math and Sacco’s crazy biology class. You were always above average without much effort, hopefully you will be able to take that through college!!! I think you did well both in elementary, middle and high school. Band helped if that matters but I don't think you liked your teachers in middle school

 

8. What kind of person do you see me as?

You are very good at observing people, seeing who they really are. You always listened to people throughout middle and high school, your friends always came to you when they needed help because they knew they could trust you and believed you had something to tell them that could help them.

A.2

Thoughts about past english classes: 

1. Did you like it?

I never really liked English, mostly because they forced you to read things in a certain amount of time even if you didn’t like the genre. I always completely sucked at grammar and never really figured it out until senior year thanks to my awesome English teacher.

 

2. What did the teacher make you do?

We always had books to read and do double entry journals a lot. We did a lot of DOL’s which sucked.

 

3. Arguing: are you good at it?

I “learned” how to argue in Intro to Logic last semester. So I can actually argue pretty logically but don’t know if I am good at the rhetoric part.

 

4. What’s your writing process? Do you start early or at the last minute, etc. What is helpful to you when you’re trying to get started writing something?

I learned that if I start writing early and then work on my composition maybe once a day or so before it is actually do I find that I get better grades on my work. I start with a rough copy. Just putting down what I know and have and continuously add. Then I proof and delete unneeded things in the paper, until it is refined.

 

5. Technology – what do you use in your daily life? Facebook, internet, texting, whatever.

All of the above, although I find that my generation is surrounded by screens. And wonder whether we are going to have an human interaction in the future without a screen in front of us.

 

6. In general, give me a picture of you as a person.

I love to help people. Although since being in college not many people know that so right now I just love figuring out new things. Exploring things to see what I like and dislike.