my critical thinking blog

yeah i need to learn to formulate some paths of inquiry here or something.

i just read this super interesting article about eroticism, film, and history and one would THINK that i'd have about a thousand things to say. i should be able to write mountains on it. reflecting and applying and connecting...

it's not happening!!!

grr!!

i'm not stupid! why can't i think then?

i found some lit theory books in the library last night, but not a kanji dictionary. thus a third of my japanese homework due to my unfortunate illiteracy is left undone.

*sigh*

i need to just go buy one.

mmmm

i also need to read more. and more outside class.

if such a thing is possible.

for tuesday i have to prepare 24 arguments with specific facts (for and against twelve debate topics) plus read (EAC)

i also have five chapters of film history to read...

monday is labor day so the other homework will be for wednesday...

that's interesting

you know the mwf really get ripped off...because A) they are only 1h30 instead of 2h plus B) we only ever really have fridays or mondays of (unless it's winter break or something like that)

so i wrote a speech for japanese class...

i should put it up here...maybe i will later cuz i don't really have time right now.

i'm not really sure we were supposed to actually write a speech. in fact i know we weren't. i dunno. he just wanted us to talk. i'm sure everyone wrote and memorized tho. if he wants spontanaeity (let's go learn how to spell that word...) whoa...that was weird...i put in something with just sort of random vowels at the end cuz i didn't know what they were and i was RIGHT: spontaneity. so anyhow if he wanted spontaneity he shouldn't have assigned it as a week-long "project."

also i don't like this practice of defining lists. it's very superficial. if we need to be learning topics we should spend a day or a week or a unit or something on a specific topic.

also...the need for themed vocab lessons is demonstrated at least in MY brain (which is after all a representative of human brains) in it's tendancy to web things. if you can't think of the word for milk...you look for other dairy products? or other food? or cereal? and try to find phrases that may include milk. so if you learn milk with the word chair they are NOT connected and thus the neurons are very week and DIE.

:D

SEE?

i think that really is quite a case.

;p