The First Week

Coming into college we, young adults, can never really know what to expect. Some students assume that their experience will be like the ones which can be seen on television... in which the professor talks, and talks, and talks while the students sit in their seats in a near comatose state. That approach may work for some people, and if it does then that is awesome and power to them, but for most people simply hearing about concepts such as Piaget's Stage Theory of Cognitive Development (which are Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational) may not be "hands-on" enough. Some students, myself included, need to be allowed to understand ideas, concepts and theories in their own methods and in their own time. The idea of having a student create a blog after every class where he or she can reflect on the material discussed in class is incredibly inovative. I believe this because it not only allows said student to show that he or she payed attention in class, but also because it gives that student the freedom to express his or her personal views, conflictions, questions, etc. in a non-intimidating enviroment. Having said this, my personal hopes and expectations for this assignment are: 1) to become better able to reverberate the information which I have learned in class, 2) to become better able to connect myself and my personal experiences with the material, and finally 3) to end this term feeling better equipt to handle and respond to the next generations' growing technological needs.

Thank you to whoever took the time to read and consider what I have said,
it means a lot.

Sincerely,
Natasha