Distractions. Every student is always tempted to be distracted. It is incredible how hard it is for me, and any student, to not be distracted by friends or Internet or Instagram or whatever. Students, themselves, create a state of mind that has a constant reaction to be distracted by inane things. This week we've been learning a lot about Martin Luther King Jr. in Writing class, and more than just the "I Have a Dream" Speech. We have also done many "Save The Last Words", which is a group discussion involving the letters a through d, and sometimes e, and teaches students how to state their opinion respectfully and thoroughly. Well, anyways, during these times, I've noticed how, but I mean really, how easily students are able to get distracted. In one of my groups we usually kept getting distracted about little things, like what my friend was doing on his laptop or how cute my friends pen is. But sometimes, we'd get distracted for reasons that seem like are on topic, but really aren't. Like one of my other groups, me and my friend always began to debar on the small details of our work. "No no no. This explanation doesn't make any sense." or "Wait, why should we put that and not this?" and we would get into huge, exhausting debates about why or how or what. Well, what I'm really trying to point out is that through this whole week I have learned many things, interesting and boring, but what I really think I learned the most is how students respond to the temptation of distractions and how they, or we, handle distractions, which think is a very important lesson for the future.
My Philosophy
As a student, I believe that a fun, open attitude toward learning new things (and old things) is quite important and coming to school everyday with a joyful, open mind, ready to learn new things, can help me (and any student) learn more effectively.
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