Blog Post # 7

I am far from a good poet, but I figured I'd take a shot at this.

I sat in the library today
And cracked open a book.
I was hoping to relax and get away,
But raised my head and took a look
At students engrossed in their computer screens
Facebooking friends right by their sides.
At students texting silly nothings
And procrastinating with the help of technology.
It baffled me how much the world has changed
Here I was with my book stuck in the old days.
There they were, the future of our world
Worrying about statuses, comments, and messages.
So I walked to a computer and put down my book
Decided to be normal and signed on Facebook.

Blog Post #6

I personally agree most with Berlin’s Rhetorical way of learning. I find it that I enjoy that way of learning most. Interaction among each other is evident in a lot that we do in this class and perhaps that is why I enjoy the class so much. However, I do believe that none of these three ways of learning could exist without the other. Students need to have the factual based Objective learning in order to expand to Subjective learning. And once they are comfortable with both of these learning types then they progress to Rhetorical learning. I think that High School is more Objective and a little bit of Subjective, and once we progress to college courses we encounter more Rhetorical ways of learning.
I think that this will help me a lot when I begin teaching. I want to integrate all three of these learning types into my lessons. I think that all students are different, and some may prefer one over the other so it is good to get them involved in all three of these learning types. I definitely want to involve a lot of Subjective and Rhetorical learning types into my lessons because I think that Objective learning can be dull and loses student interest in learning. Letting students explore their own minds and interact with others to help broaden their mind will keep them interested and more willing to learn and participate in school.