Chapter Assignments
Please have following chapters read and comments blogged by the listed due dates.
Chapters 1 & 2 - by February 3, 2012
Chapter 3 - by February 10, 2012
Chapter 4 - by February 17, 2012
Chapter 5 - by February 24, 2012
Chapter 6 - by March 2, 2012
Chapter 7 - by March 9, 2012
Chapters 8 & 9 - by March 16, 2012
Chapter 10 - by March 23, 2012
Chapter 11 - by March 30, 2012
Happy Reading!
In this chapter I noticed how Dr. Levine uses sarcasm (or this is what I am thinking it is), which makes him sound like he was really angry about the situation but now that it is over, he can joke about it. For example, he states on page 129 "She certainly had the intelligence, the motivation, and the knowledge to do so, despite lacking that vital ingredient called focus." Or another example would be on page 130, he says "Although from time to time she accused me of not knowing what it's like to be a single mother (eventually her husband left her, possibly for someone more organized)." I find this last statement almost completely inappropriate and unprofessional of him to say. It almost seems as if she left and he is still holding a grudge. Does anyone else notice this in the chapters at all? How do you think he feels about her?
ReplyDeleteI will also say that I see this in lots of families, especially my own. One or two children kind of take on the responsibilities and is active like one parent and the other child or children take on the inactiveness or characteristics of the other parent. Kind of like how Mark is like Sharon and how the other daughter is like the mother. I even say this in the family that I was a nanny for. Maybe opposites attract or maybe they balance out each other. But I just worry that at some point one no longer wants the other because they are just too different. At what point do you say that it is over and how do you determine it is a good relationship to be in?
Otherwise this chapter was a little better than the others because I definitely see lots of disorganization with my students, especially the ones with attention issues. I even see it in their writing and how they panic and wait until last minute to finish a project or even don't turn it in on time because they were not able to figure out the appropriate way to prioritize their tasks.
Does anyone have any ideas on how we should get these students to learn to prioritize better or even for them to not panic so much with their writing?
I thought it was very unprofessional for Dr. Levine to publish this story about his co-worker. We all have our faults, maybe I didn't like this section because I can identify with Sharon. That said, I feel like this chapter was the most helpful because most kids would fit into this category. I like the idea of bite sized steps and teaching kids how to break things up instead of just doing it for them. I think too often teachers just organize the time and steps for their students so that students are not able to do this on their own when and if they need to. Often I see kids that are afraid to start tasks because they become so overwhelmed with all that they could do it's difficult to pick a place to start. I think teaching kids that writing is always a work in progress and that there are many different ways to start a writing project are two ways to help kids. If we had more computer access, I can imagine the computer being a good tool to teach kids to use while planning for and completing writing.
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