The Memo from hell

About the Memo i just didnt quite understand the assignment at first, the readings i felt were good but when it came to having to quote and pull information from them for our memo i was super lost. and this is me just rambling about my own struggles i guess, i will admit that the rule of thumb book realy helped for ideas on how to break down the problem into smaller portions and take it piece by piece and that's what i did. i broke up the assignment into several paragraphs and each day i wrote one or two, the next day i would re-read and revise. this made the paper not that long and seem less difficult. it went smoother to know that i only had a little to do everyday . when i finally got to the last thing on my little to do list it was fabulous!
The funny thing is that the other day my roomate went off on how she wished that her paper would be on something that interested her, and felt that she had no motivation to write because the subject was bland and irrelevent to what she wanted to learn out of class. I sat there and had a 30min conversation with her about my memo and the assignment given. She thought it was a good idea and i thought t was pretty cool that some of these ideas really do pertain to actual life.

The Importance of Correctness

I really enjoyed our discussion in class about our triumphs and struggles. I found that many of the students in class had the same struggles, and very different success stories. Working with our group really helped too, I felt so comfortable around them that for once , I didnt feel like I was dumb. kinda of , i know that sounds weird but sometimes I feel like im the only one who doesnt get it. So to know that a smaller 'affinity' group had the same struggles and fears really made me feel smart. lol I do think that it is hard to catch your own mistakes at times because you dont see them. And asking for help does actually work, I just have to find the courage to ask for it. It is important to correct one's mistakes that way we dont sound dumb, it just takes awhile to train yourself to do it.

In reading these articles on the teaching of writing, I can definitely see how they're all coming together as one big piece of the puzzle. Though I must admit, at first and maybe even now I'm still a little confused (what's new). I feel like sometimes im reading this article and i dont understand what it is trying to teach me, or what im supposed to get from it. But then after speaking to other's in my my inquiry group i see the 'bigger' picture. maybe its like Graves said 'Children wanna write about what they know' but in the sense of reading we wanna read something that's interesting right off the bat . Instant satsifaction. random i know but back on topic, the annotation, i sometimes feel like im just writing and not making any sense, when I try and put some of my own thoughts into what the author is saying i ended up going in circles. So once again im greatful for my group, they help geer me in the right direction.
All three articles that i've ready definitely go together (duh) its cool to see that they're looking at 'education' before the classroom from different prespectives. from the classrooms, to stacie and the classroom again.... i have to post