The first one I commented on was Faith's post titled "Metacognition: The Kite Runner."
Faith-
I really liked this blog post because of the way you were able to incorporate all of your factual information and connections you wanted to make but also add in your own voice into it. It made the blog post more interesting to read and it felt like you really took time to think out what you were going to say instead of just listing all of your connections and insights. But as for the actual content in the blog, there were definitely several points you mentioned that were very interesting to me. First off, I can definitely connect to what you said about your reexamination of the book and newfound approach to understanding Hosseini's writing. When I first started reading Kite Runner, I basically just read it to read it, not to examine it. I viewed it one-dimentionally, in a way: not looking out for underlying themes or anything other than the actual text. But as we started discussing it in class, I started realizing new things in the book [like you mentioned: themes with character interaction, specific punctuation to show emotion, etc. And as I continued reading, it started coming more naturally to me.
Another thing I found interesting was your insight about complex relationships and your connection to mind maps. I honestly never thought mind maps would ever come up again, to be honest. It was just such an out-of-the-box concept [but still interesting and a fun project] that I never knew when it could ever be connected again. But clearly, you connected it to this, and effectively! What you said about the 'theoretical' mind map of Amir that discusses his relationships really broadened my view on the book and really helped me bring together all my thoughts on the relationships displayed in Kite Runner. It really makes me value the idea of Mind Maps and makes me wonder if maybe even mentally visualizing a Mind Map to summarize aspects in novels could help gather your thoughts about important ideas in books. This post has brightened my view on Mind Maps and has left me with a new possible technique to understanding big concepts in novels, specifically character interactions/relationships.
The second blog post I commented on was Erika's blog and this one was titled "Captured Thought: Multi-Tasking"
Erika-
I really liked this blog post because of the witty insight and pleasant-to-read style of the post. First off I can say that, though I'm not proud of it, I can definitely be a multi-tasker, and a procrastinator. Though these are bad habits [and trust me, I know they're bad habits], sometimes they're hard things to break- especially on days where you have TOO much homework and not enough time. I think your insight about the fault in multi-tasking is really eye-opening. Now that I think about it, multi-tasking can definitely be much less effective than doing things the right way [in the long run]. I can definitely connect that with my Freshman math class. The class was easy for me- the content was easy because I had retained the information from previous courses, and I found myself being able to figure out problems in class just by 'doing what I remember.' At home, I chose not to do homework in depth, because I figured it was too easy anyways, and that I probably didn't need the practice-besides, I had plenty of other work to do that afternoon anyways. When I finally went to take the test...and when I got it back, I found that I made some stupid mistakes that could have been avoided if I would have just did the homework to reinforce what I already knew. Although it doesn't directly connect to multi-tasking, I think it's a good example for your idea of "Do the job right and do it well the first time, because if you don't it will come back to haunt you in the long run." This really reminds me of my learning experience and definitely makes me less apt to multi-task, procrastinate, or do half-done work. The way you voiced this 'aha' moment was really powerful and really made me want to fix my bad work-related habits.
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