I've been so busy lately with second midterms and papers and whatnot that I haven't been able to blog, though I have had many ideas for blogs, so here is the condensed version of my musings.
~ Quote IDs, without a word bank, on tests are brutal. For that matter, any sort of fill in the blank without a word bank is just plain mean. In short answers, you can defend your response, in multiple choice, you can pick, but with fill in the blank you have to just know it. I had to know about 25 authors and what we read from them on top of the list of important ideas we discussed in class and an essay. Now, study as hard as I want, the minute I open that test, everything flies from my mind and I find myself thinking things like "wait, was the title of that 'the life of Frederick Douglass' or 'the autobiography of Frederick Douglass'."
We live in an era of internet, I can find the answer I need with a few taps of the keyboard or even on my phone. Tests need to evolve as well. Life is open book, so tests should be too. If tests are meant to find out how much of the information from class we know then as long as I can find the answer quickly, then that's all that matters.
~ St. Patrick's day is depressing on BYU campus. Apparently Valentines day is our hallmark holiday. Less than half the campus was wearing green. I was disappointed. But, these cute girls came in to work. The one was all decked out and had green hair and everything. The first thing she says is "dang, you're wearing green" and as the mom was ordering, she looks past me to Shayde and notices that he doesn't have any green on. So I call Shayde out there and he totally played with her. It's cute to see a 20 year old guy just playing with this little girl and totally letting her take over.
~ I am really impressed with Maureen Johnson and Co. A few weeks ago, she decided to get her loyal followers to band together to buy a Shelter Box. People donated all kinds of money and some authors donated signed books to random people who donated. They raised all kinds of money. Then when the Japan disaster happened, they did the same thing and even more authors got involved and ended up raising almost exactly the same amount of money. I love that she uses her power to do good things and get people involved. There is something special about YA authors.
~ It's time to watch Star Wars again.
~ I love the sun.
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I like the second paragraph. Most of the knowledge we need for life depends on knowing how and where to find it. If we didn't crowd our minds with memorization, we could do other things that involves imagination and creation!
ReplyDeletei like your open book philosophy.
ReplyDeletei didn't have school on thursday cause it was a flex day, but at rehearsal not everyone was wearing green and i was disappointed.