Attention Span: Really not as long as Teachers Wish
The more college classes I take, the more I come to realize how little I get out of a lecture hall situation. No human being, at least in my observation, can actively listen and learn for 2 hours straight in an environment where everyone is quiet, still, and sitting. Most people need activity, interaction and discussion to absorb a useful amount of information. At least this is my experience and my feeling about learning, especially in my case. I have a very hard time paying attention for long periods of time, as proven by this blog, which I am writing in the middle of a two hour long class.
This is not a blog about not wanting to be in class. This is a blog about needing smaller group settings of discussion or one on one learning environments. I don’t know of a single person that sits through 2 hours of a lecture hall class and comes out of it with anything more than 30 minutes of actual information, and maybe not even that much.
Just putting it out there. Human beings are not made to actively listen in a sitting position for 2 hours.
Goodnight Moon: One of my favorite children’s books
I’m just feeling all nostalgic tonight :)
Goodnight Moon:
…Goodnight room
Goodnight moon
Good night cow jumping over the moon
Goodnight light
And the red balloon
Goodnight bears
Goodnight chairs
Goodnight kittens
And goodnight mittens
Goodnight clocks
And goodnight socks
Goodnight little house
And goodnight mouse
Goodnight comb
And goodnight brush
Goodnight nobody
Goodnight mush
And goodnight to the old lady
whispering “hush”
Goodnight stars
Goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere
Cherry blossom ornament. The frosted clear glass makes it hard to take a picture of however.
Friends is Far off Places
Last night I had a 6 hour conversation with a best friend in a far off place. We hadn’t Skyped in months and so spent 12:30am to 6:00 am catching up on life and talking about practically anything else that popped in to our heads. The only reason we stopped talking is because I was practically delirious from lack of sleep. (17 hour time difference, it was only 11pm for him by the time we ended our Skype session).
Realization number one of ridiculously long Skype date: You can tell when someone is your best friend, when they know you better then you do yourself. Sometimes I need a little dose of best friend to get me back on track and that’s exactly what our marathon conversation did. Even though we haven’t really talked in months, we can pick up where we left off, talk for hours on end, and I always come out of it with a tid-bit of me I didn’t know was there. That’s a best friend if I ever knew one. Just had to get on here and express my joy at having someone so special and amazing in my life :)
My own christmas song
(To the tune of Oh christmas tree)
Oh Clarinet oh Clarinet
thy silver keys are gleaming
oh clarinet oh clarinet
thy silver keys are gleaming
Thou sounds so sweet in practice room
and also when your so in tune
oh clarinet oh clarinet
thy silver keys are gleaming
A calm jar. I need one of these. You fill the jar with colored water and glitter. When you are upset you shake the jar and have to watch it until the glitter completely settles. The time it takes is enough time for you to settle your emotions.
Absolutely love this…Making as soon as I get home.
