Sunday, November 1, 2015
After the first paragraph...
The definition paragraph was a complete
tragedy. I thought: “it will be fun”, but it was not. I think the biggest problem
for me was reading a lot about my chosen topic. I chose to write about
Bilingual Education, and I got a very interesting e-book about it. It was
really interesting that I wanted to read it completely, but because of time I
didn’t. The terrible thing was when I started to write. I had a lot of ideas in
my mind, and those ideas didn’t fit together. It was horribly frustrating. So,
I tried to work harder every day. The morning that I received my grade, I was
really disappointed of all the hard work that I had done. I got really angry
when I fixed it. After, I wasted hours and hours trying to do my best for a
very bad grade, and in a couple of minutes I did another one that was really
better than the first one. Just like that, without search for information.
Without thinking really hard. Without a big effort, I did a good paragraph. It’s
awful when you try really hard to do a good work, and that work doesn’t work.
But a thing quickly done is better!! Now, I’m mad again.
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Hi Andrea. I understand your frustration, but let me give you a few ideas on learning that may make you 'aplacar' tu ira, because if you keep it that high your performance and grades will not get any better, that I can guarantee. It is called the 'affective filter' as an obstacle in the way of learning. My hope is that you somewhat let go a bit (just a bit is enough) of the ideas you have about learning, evidence of proficiency, proficiency, and feedback and grades and restructure your knowledge base in order to expand it and most importantly feel better during the process of learning and yourself.
ReplyDeleteJust a few questions (and we can continue the discussion later): 1) Have you considered that the grade that you got was not given to the effort put into the research and reading but what you were able to produce with that reading, the writing product; and that that assessment of that product is NOT an assessment of the research? 2) Have you considered that the fact that you could write a paragraph that you considered good 'easily' was in no small part due to all the effort and work you put in it before and that that effort was thus not in vain?
If you considered these two things, does it change your anger and sort of implied statement that your research and reading effort was not worth anything, that you believe you deserve reward for that and that you may drop it for next paragraphs?
Let's keep the conversation going, but don't act bratty in your learning process. You're an adult (or becoming it) and a wonderful one too who has a lot to say and lots of resources to put to work to her benefit. You also have many friends and mentors who can and want to help you do this when you're ready.