Week Nine

Young people who are considered “e-generation” are also mocked as “the strawberry generation.” Born after 1981, I am also one of the so-called strawberry generation. Though I can not deny that I matched to some of the description about the strawberry generation, I try to make some changes and make myself stronger and better. For example, people say that we are bad at bearing pressure; I admit that I was the kind of person who run away or give up easily when encounter difficulties or setback. Sometimes, I really hated my weakness and I was really upset about my coward behavior. But I try to convince myself that instead of running away without making any efforts, I will make improvement by practicing more or try harder. Second, one of the description about the strawberry generation is we care too much about our outfit and material comforts. I can not deny that I care about my outfit and material comforts but I don not think that I over care about this. I think that it is important to look good anytime because it is also a manner to let people think you are a clean and a well-organized person. Though I am in the strawberry generation, I believe that one day I will be a person who is good from inside to outside.

Week Six

I used to get really depressed and even upset when I made any mistakes. I also gave up things easily and lack of passion and endurance. I always thought of the worse side of things when I encountered difficulties or setbacks. But after listening to Prof. Paush, I started to see things on the bright side. I was really moved by a sentence which is “Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.” This is really true; if we really want a thing then we won’t give up easily. After watching this short film, I thought a lot. I started to think of those failures I met. I always quit when I performed bad or things didn’t go the way as I wanted. But now I know if I didn’t try harder how I can know that I can’t do it. And if I really want to achieve a certain goal, I should put more efforts instead of giving up easily. In doing so, if I really try my best, but things still don’t go the way I wanted, then, “experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.” Whether I succeed or not depends on how hard I try not merely depends on the result. If I learned more through the process then I will still see it as a success, and the experience I gain is more important and more precious than the result.

Week Five

The picture is showing us how collaborative learning work. There are several steps of collaborative learning: focusing on learning outcomes, developing communication, posing the problem, generating multiple perspectives, making informed decisions. And my favorite part is developing communication. I like to discuss with others in a group. I can not only share my opinion but also understand what others are thinking about. Generating multiple perspectives bothers me a lot when working with others. The reason why I don’t really like generating multiple perspectives is because I am bad at thinking critically. From my own experience, I got a lot of chances to have a group discussion in my English conversation class in high school. I feel at ease discussing certain topic with others, I like to share my view points with other and I also like to know what others’ thoughts. However, I just can’t point out the problem or try to analyze things from different angles, and I can’t make my ideas well-organized. I think this is the part I should pay more attention to.