These chapters were quite interesting to me. I have three children and wish I would have known then what I've learned in the last week. I found the information on brain development fascinating. As a parent, you think you know everything there is to know about your child, I only now realize how little I did know. Although, my kids survived my ignorance.
I especially enjoyed the article "To Be a Baby". I truly enjoyed my philosophy class in my first year in college. One quote that comes to mind is about imagination. "Imagination isn't just something we develop for our amusement; it seems to be something innate and connected to how we understand the casual structure of the real world." It all seems so logical that childhood is a time for complete uselessness. It may sound harsh, but I can relate to being so overwhelmed with school work and learning and taking in, that at the end of the day I really wish I did not have to take care of myself or anything else. What a luxury it seems to be, now while I'm in the process of learning so much, to be useless with all the other responsibilities. The article touched me in a sense that if there is only one thing I teach my children, it would be to not follow in my footsteps. It is so much easier to go to college when you have no responsibilities, it may not mean as much, but it is easier to focus on learning. They get tired of hearing it, but I hope they take it to heart. Again, if I only knew then what I know now. I also thought the article ended on a very thoughtful note. "And this gives us the ability to change those things that are wrong and get to better moral principles than we started out with". What a refreshing thought.
I really seem to get a lot from the articles we read from the discussion boards and learning plans. The article "Children Needing a Childhood", was another article that touched me. It gave me a total new perspective on my parenting. It made me realize that the most important gift or lesson I can give my children is to give them more of me.
Chapter four had a lot of interesting information as well. I used to be a home daycare provider and found the section on child care very informative. I experienced a lot of the topics that were covered in this section. I had always wondered about the separation anxiety. One day a child would come to me, like I was a second mother. The next day, they wouldn't come near me. It was very disturbing at the time, but now it makes perfect sense.
In conclusion, I learned so much in such a short amount of time. I find myself wanting to learn more about everything I've read. Especially the interesting articles. It is so much more real when you read an article that you can relate to on a personal level.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
So much to learn, so little time...
Reflection of Learning Plans: Introduction, Learning Plan 1, and Learning Plan 2
My expectations of this class was to breeze through the summer with an easy class and hopefully learn a little something along the way. I was mistaken. Just in the first week I feel I have absorbed a lot of new information. For instance, if you would have asked me two weeks ago what a blog was, I would have had no idea what you were referring to. Now here I am posting my second entry to my very own blog. I have been a student at NTC for two years and have never used their Library site. I am greatly disappointed I did not know about it sooner, it is a great tool.
In the first learning plan, I honestly was overwhelmed with the thought of so many tasks. However, I found the work to be quite interesting. It is not often that a class will ask you your take on things and make you reflect so much of yourself. I found that there are many topics close to my heart that I will now have a chance to research. Being a mother, anything new I learn about raising my kids and how they develop into adults is so crucial to me. I enjoyed reviewing information on the maltreatment of children and reading other students ideas for research topics. I found it very helpful to read others opinions on not only my topic, but so many different topics as well. The review activities were a good review of the chapter.
As for the second learning plan, I really had to dig deep to understand the material and what it meant to me and my life. The ideas of heritability and environmentability were foreign to me. I never thought about how the two work together, rather than independently. The first reaction I had to the information was that I did not agree. I always thought children were the products of their parents and that alone. It did not matter your surroundings, you were predestined to be carbon copies of your parents. Thank goodness that is not true. The other concepts of chapter 2 were familiar to me and I did not find the material challenging.
I truly am impressed about how much this class makes me really think about things. I know I do not take enough time to evaluate the way I feel about certain things or even have an opinion about anything outside my everyday busy life. Although it is work, I enjoy the satisfaction from the effort that goes into my assignments and the knowledge gained.
My expectations of this class was to breeze through the summer with an easy class and hopefully learn a little something along the way. I was mistaken. Just in the first week I feel I have absorbed a lot of new information. For instance, if you would have asked me two weeks ago what a blog was, I would have had no idea what you were referring to. Now here I am posting my second entry to my very own blog. I have been a student at NTC for two years and have never used their Library site. I am greatly disappointed I did not know about it sooner, it is a great tool.
In the first learning plan, I honestly was overwhelmed with the thought of so many tasks. However, I found the work to be quite interesting. It is not often that a class will ask you your take on things and make you reflect so much of yourself. I found that there are many topics close to my heart that I will now have a chance to research. Being a mother, anything new I learn about raising my kids and how they develop into adults is so crucial to me. I enjoyed reviewing information on the maltreatment of children and reading other students ideas for research topics. I found it very helpful to read others opinions on not only my topic, but so many different topics as well. The review activities were a good review of the chapter.
As for the second learning plan, I really had to dig deep to understand the material and what it meant to me and my life. The ideas of heritability and environmentability were foreign to me. I never thought about how the two work together, rather than independently. The first reaction I had to the information was that I did not agree. I always thought children were the products of their parents and that alone. It did not matter your surroundings, you were predestined to be carbon copies of your parents. Thank goodness that is not true. The other concepts of chapter 2 were familiar to me and I did not find the material challenging.
I truly am impressed about how much this class makes me really think about things. I know I do not take enough time to evaluate the way I feel about certain things or even have an opinion about anything outside my everyday busy life. Although it is work, I enjoy the satisfaction from the effort that goes into my assignments and the knowledge gained.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Hi everyone,
My name is Jenny Sandoval. I am 31 years old. I am married and have three children. They are 13, 10, and 6. I work as a CNA at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in the Rehab unit. I will be starting the nursing program at NTC in the fall. I have been waiting for two years and can't wait to finish. School is much harder when you're trying to do it while working and raising a family. It is worth it though.
My name is Jenny Sandoval. I am 31 years old. I am married and have three children. They are 13, 10, and 6. I work as a CNA at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in the Rehab unit. I will be starting the nursing program at NTC in the fall. I have been waiting for two years and can't wait to finish. School is much harder when you're trying to do it while working and raising a family. It is worth it though.
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