Blogging Around

First I commented on Jamie's blog post about how asking for student input is good. I agreed.

Albert X said...

Hi Jamie,
Loved your post and agree 100%. Giving us choices and asking for student input helps make our lives a little bit easier. It gives us a bit of control over our school work, and that little bit of control can help us feel better about our situation. Even though this little bit of control isn't much, as they say, it's the thought that counts. (yay cliches)

Next I commented on Mitchell's blog post about the idea of something coming from nothing. He wrote an interesting argument that I found... interesting.

Albert X said...

Mitchell,
I enjoyed reading your post. I like your analysis of how people think about the concept of something coming from nothing, and try to rationalize divine forces. I like how you make the distinction between how humans think of the physical world and how humans think of their own ideals. I liked your argument for how you believe the "something from nothing" idea came into existence (though I may or may not agree with it)
-Albert

Metacognition: Poem

First draft: I had no idea what to write about, so I chose a 78% random topic, just like how I chose a 78% random percentage just now. Then I started writing. As I was writing, I was thinking to myself "Hmm.. this reminds me of a place for people to drown themselves in their own misery (and drink)". So I shifted the focus of the poem slightly to try to depict that. I was thinking about how to put some of the poetic elements in the poem as well, so that it would fit the criteria.

Second draft: I had no clue what I was supposed to be doing, so I added some lines on to try to make the implications in my poem more obvious.

Third draft: I rewrote the entire thing making everything concrete.