As I’ve been catching up with friends lately that I haven’t been in contact with for a while, I’ve been confronted with the conversational “where to start” scenario. And so far I’ve come up with a little method that seems to be a wonderful aid: When I don’t know where to start, I talk about [...]
Archive for the ‘Observations’ Category
A Long-Time-No-See Tip
Posted in Ideas, Observations, tagged communication, friends, tips on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My Dog
Posted in Observations, Questions, Thoughts, tagged dog, dogs on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am crazy about my dog. I am like one of those ANNOYING mommies always talking about her wonderful her baby is and showing pictures of the baby, taken at most a week apart. I do everything for my dog. Her comfort comes before mine. It’s scary. But it makes me wonder. WHY? I [...]
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow.
Posted in Observations, Thoughts, tagged flow state, love, peak performance on March 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In my States of Consciousness class, we recently discussed flow states. This is the state of mind characterized by intense focus on a given activity and the feeling that nothing in the world exists. Flow state is related to peak performance–that sensation of high alertness and complete lack of self consciousness in which we [...]
Dreamy Lesson #1: Happy prof’s brother and the big man trainer
Posted in Observations, education, tagged creative problem solving, education, teaching on February 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There’s a certain kind of teaching that I keep finding myself drawn towards, only I know I don’t understand the core similarities yet because I wouldn’t know how to replicate the style given a different problem.
Dreamy Lesson #1: Happy prof’s brother and the big man trainer.
Happy prof’s brother is a big beefy guy. A [...]
Hmmm
Posted in Observations, tagged Charlize Theron, look-alike on February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay, so this isn’t intellectual, but it is an observation. Is it just me
or is this weird?
Things That Make Me Uncomfortable: The good student, the teacher’s pet
Posted in Ideas, Observations, Questions, Solution-Needed, Thoughts, tagged education, positive psychology, things that make me uncomfortable on February 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
To figure out my uncomforts, I’ve decided that this is a good place to lay out the dirty laundry. So let’s begin with what’s been making me stutter recently- how to balance my desire to make the class a thoroughly experiential learning opportunity with not causing the teacher or students to think that I’m being [...]
“Sono inamorato! …Ma come ti chiami?”
Posted in Observations, tagged 65+, crush, love on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today was the first day of my Italian class (Dio mio!), and it was a curious experience. When our professor asked the class to share why they chose to be there, four students (three male and one female–all 65+ years of age) said that they took the course because Italian is a beautiful language and–most [...]
