Monday, September 26, 2011

Thursday's Class

Well, Thursdays class was very intense. At first i was very confused! I will admit, i was a bit discouraged because my group seemed as if they knew exactly what they were doing and how to do it. I am not good at all with math or science stuff. I struggle a lot. I started to freak out because i knew i couldn't just copy them and let them do all the work because I would HAVE to know how to do all that for a test. I tried and tried to figure out how and what the heck they were doing and how they knew that they were doing everything correctly?! I didn't want want to ask them to explain every little thing because that can be annoying if your working and you know what your doing and I already felt dumb enough!! But I finally laid down my pride and just asked them. They happily explained some things to me, but what really helped was when Matt drew a picture on the board and explained the timing and equations on the board for me to see with my eyes. I guess the picture really helped me. I took a picture of the board and I have been reviewing it a lot to remind myself to how to do the problem. I will try to post the picture. Thank you Matt for that explanation it helped me a lot and cleared up a ton of confusion. I left class feeling so much better about what I had learned!!

1 comment:

  1. Ashley

    I TRULY appreciate your honesty and I am sorry that the lab produced a modicum of anxiety. But on the plus side - that tension can be a very good motivator for learning. And the important thing is that you stuck with it! Perseverance will get you far, for sure. Thank you for that. And it really wasn't my instruction that brought the success, it was your ability to stick with it, ask questions and take chances. I believe that we as educators can do a whole lot of good by emphasizing the fact that confusion and uncertainty are at the roots of good learning. Otherwise, it is not learning! I am soooo glad you found success and I hope it will be a launching pad for more learning!.

    Thanks again.

    Be well and see you in the AM

    Matt

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