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This week we played around with the idea of being selective. From choosing perspectives to taking what you think an author may and or may not be saying, it's all up to you. By being selective, you can't just take every thought or idea on a work of literature, and call it good. Some of the ideas clash, and don't make sense with each other. There is also the fact that some of the ideas that come into people's mind can be arguably wrong, or less accepting than that of other ideas. This method does not specifically apply to just literature. It can apply to art, music and dancing. Basically whatever you like. That idea of perspective wasn't necessarily new to me, because I don't usually take many stances on art. Once I make up a perspective for myself that is usually what I tend to stick to. We then looked at a few works of art this week, and we got to share our ideas with the groups we sat at. Now, instead of applying that idea to ourselves, we had to work with our group to agree on one set perspective. We all had slightly different ideas on the art we were shown, but we worked through our ideas together and produced the most plausible, or likely meaning. It was a lot harder to keep that same "selective" ideal once it was not just ourselves anymore, and not one other person, but three people. https://www.quora.com/What-is-art-to-you-What-does-it-mean-and-why-do-we-need-itwww.quora.com/What-is-art-to-you-What-does-it-mean-and-why-do-we-need-it. This article is a good read on what an author or artist is trying to communicate when they make one of their works, and I feel it is a great way to wrap up what we learned this week.
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This week we did not learn much in the way of lectures or lessons, but through working with each other. We really got into our summer reading groups this week, and starting our essays. The main focus of the essay was to pick three chapters from How To Read Literature Like A Professor, and use the books we read over the summer, (I read Beowulf and Going After Cacciato) and connect the chapters we used to ideas or events that happened in the books. Our groups were formed by what books we read. Only I and another read Beowulf and Going After Cacciato, so naturally we were put into a group. As we started the essay, we easily agreed on which chapters to use. It was only when we had to interpret those chapters that the differences started to show. It was not views that caused conflict in our group, and we easily agreed to each others opinions, but some of the things we put into the essay I do not agree with. The ideas still serve the purpose and requirements of the essays, but it was like a breath of fresh air talking about these ideas. Some of the things my partner saw I would never have seen by myself. http://chasingfaerytales.blogspot.com/2015/12/can-readers-interpret-literature.html This website I have liked is a student blogger that talks about the same idea, of what view is correct? And if there is no correct one why was she wrong? In the comments were excellent responses to this post. I believe this week was a quiet nice week that let us get more acquainted with each other and our ideas, and I appreciate that.
This week started my fist week in this class, and so far I have enjoyed it very much! The first two days or so consisted of basic knowledge of the class and expectations, but later in the week delved into the first of our lessons. On Wednesday, we made our own weebly page, and were asked to write a small autobiography of ourselves, and were given a set of questions to answer. We were asked to evaluate ourselves in our reading and writing abilities, and base our autobiography off of that. Most of the kids rated themselves as for the most part adequate readers and writers. The next day however, we were shown a video that interviewed college students and their experiences on writing in college. The common consensus was that they were not prepared for college writing. The students all said that they in High School believed that they were all prepared for college from the work they did in High School, and when they weren't that surprised me. It was so strange that so many people struggled, not just one, not just two but all of them. I believed that when I made my autobiography, that I was a strong reader and writer, and felt that going to college wouldn't be much different than High School, but I am not so sure now. It makes me question though, why do High Schools not prepare their students for the challenges in college. Isn't that supposed to be the goal? Whether or not it was the teachers intention to connect these concepts, it made me think and re-evaluate myself as a reader and writer, and to whether or not I am really ready for college. I did find a link, http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2254 that I believe strongly described the challenges that new college students face. Next is a link to a short video that perfectly references what this blog has talked about. https://youtu.be/rpPcxfzThMs
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