***Bonus Blog (optional): This I Believe [Category: Mindset]: Please visit This I Believe and read a few articles to get a sense of the writing genre. In your blog post, please complete the following:
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Please read Chapter 5 (pp. 28 - 38) of Teaching Adolescents to Become Learners [...] (Chicago University). Then, select one of the four academic mindsets ( belonging, growth mindset, self-efficacy, or relevance/purpose) and post an argument about how your selected mindset is the most important one for you to achieve academic success at DCCC. Avoid discussing other students' mindsets. Rather, focus on your personal mindset and academic goals. Here is a list of the four academic mindsets:
6) Growth and Fixed Mindsets [Category: Mindset]: Please write a post that explores growth mindset versus a fixed mindset. In the post, please complete the following:
Fixed mindsets and Growth mindset are two differents things. In the world, everyone have differents ways of thinking. Some people think negatively while some think positively. Every students is different and unique. I wonder why it is like that. In the article name Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, the author psychologist Carol Dweck, from Stanford University stated according to her researches that a lot of students believe that intelligence is a fixed traits. They believe in their own intelligence. “ Kids with what she called fixed mindsets stop trying when when confronted with a challenge” Just because they think there are not good in a subject for example Writing and Math. In contrast to that statement, Carol Dweck argues that “adult can, instead, help foster a “good mindset”- the belief that the brain is like a muscle that can grow stronger through hard work”. According to those statement Carol Dweck distinguish what is fixed mindset and growth mindsets. From my understanding, children with fixed mindsets think that their efforts toward a work is worthless and in school there are not smart enough to grow their intelligence but students with growth mindsets believe they can grow their intelligence by working hard. In the article The perils of Growth Mindset Education, the author Alfie Kohn stated that “kids tend to fare better when they regard intelligence and other abilities not as fixed traits that they either have or lack, but as attributed that can be improved through effort.” According to these two articles I think that student who think that there are smart enough and don’t want to develop their abilities of learning or intelligence are fixed mindsets while the students who want to grow their intelligence by working hard have a growth mindset. As a college students I have both fixed and growth mindset but I have more growth mindsets. I have a fixed mindsets because sometimes I feel like people will make fun of me if I say something that is not correct or something that is different than their point of view. I also have a growth mindsets because I believe in myself and I know that I’m a learner and I like to take things positively in my life. I like to learn from my mistake and get better everyday of my life. Especially in school I like to improve myself. Hiraeth Writing Process Reflection
When I first think about what does the word Hiraeth means, I could not find any respond because I did not have any clou. After my teacher explanation and my own researches I find out that the word hiraeth means homesickness, a place or a moment in your life where you would like to go back to but it is impossible. When i think about this word the scene or story that come in my mind is the best moment I had with my grandmother before she left or she died in December 2014 when I was in my native country of Benin Republic. Who did I work with to compose my hiraeth project? Was this a good approach? To compose my hiraeth project,I work by myself because that's the first step and this was a good approach because it makes me go back in one of the best moment and baddest moment in my past. What was the most difficult part of my writing process? Why? What did I do to overcome the obstacles? The most difficult part of my witting process was the moment I think about the scene and I had an emotion and I that moment it was difficult for me to type. I had to stop and think about what happened because I think I will never see my grandmother anywhere but only her picture. To overcome the obstacle I said to myself I just have to pray for her and there is nothing that can bring her back right now. When did I write this project? Good approach? I wrote this project when I came from work and had nothing to do but to write about one of the important moment of my life. Yes, this was a good approach because I have the opportunity to write about one of the best moment of my life and this p[project will help me in a lot of subjects. Where did I write this project? Good approach? I wrote this essay in my room, Where I like to study to not be disturb and this was a good approach because it helps me to be focus for an amount of time. Why did I choose to write about my chosen hiareth? Well, I choose to write about my chosen hiraeth because this person is one of the favorite and important person in my life but unfortunately, I did not have the chance to spend a lot of time with her. How will I adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the hiraeth assignment. To adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the hiraeth assignment, I have to first save my first draft at a safe place and send it to my email to not loose it. Secondly, I have to always work at a quiet place to not be disturb, thirdly, find a time to go see a tutor to revise with me my draft, fourth, think about other scene or story related to my hiraeth project and write about them. Fifth, find more information about the word "Hiraeth"and finally have a plan to write on time. Hiraeth Writing Process Reflection
Hiraeth! Hiraeth! What is the meaning of this word ? That was the question I asked myself the first time I heard this word. After the explanation of the word by my professor and some researches on my own, I found that the word Hiraeth doesn't have a specific meaning but it can be associate to be homesickness, a place or a moment in your past that you would like to go back to make changes but can’t. It can also be or a new environment that one is not used to or never was. When I think about this word “Hiraeth” the scene that come in my mind is as a young child in my native country of Benin Republic in west africa, I was the most happiness little boy then anyone would image. I’m not only happy because of my friends but because of the happiness I witness among my community. In my country, there are a lot of villages and everybody have it’s village. Even if you are born in a city, your parents are from somewhere which is their village and as long as it is their village, it’s yours too. When I was kid, I didn’t have the chance to stay long in my parents village which is my village. It was by the time I grow up and was 15 years old I started to go in my village for vacation. I usually go when we take school break or vacation. Whenever time I go in my village, I usually like to spend more time with my grandparents especially my grandmother because she likes to talk to me and spend time with me. My grandmother likes to go in her field every morning and after her field in the afternoon she likes to make her “Tchakpalo” which is a drink made with corn, wheat, and water. Tchakpalo is a traditional drink in Benin and a lot of people like it. The first day the tchakpalo is made, everybody can drink it. Even a kid but after three and more days a kid can’t drink it anymore because it becomes like alcohol. I remember if I go in my village, the thing I like to do with my grandmother is to help her if she want to go in her field or do her Tchakpalo. Every morning we wake up early by 7:30 AM get ready to go in the field. We usually pack the things we will need when we will get there like: Clothes, bowl to put food, water, ingredients and others necessary things that we will need. After packing up everything, we all walk in group but my grandmother usually call a “Zemidjan”. In my country Zemidjan is the people who drives you around with their motorcycle. When she get in the field she usually wait for us under a big tree where there are all the tools we are going to use that day. The field was about 20 minutes of walking from the house . So when we get there, we put everything under the tree. Under the tree was like a house where we have pot, fire to cook, water, all the need of kitchen and also some chair and tables . After getting in the field we (my brother Armel, my cousin Nina and Saturnin, my aunt and I) usually take the tools we are going to use in the field. In the field, we usually plant corns, beans, yams,peanuts,pepper,tomatoes,cassava,some fruits and other food. We all plough while my grandmother stay behind planting the plant of the day. It might be corn, beans or another thing. We usually work together and while working we do some competition to see who will be the first who will finish to plough 10 to 20 lines. When my grandmother get tired, she goes under the tree to rest while we still working and in the afternoon like 12:30 pm or 1 pm we all stay together and cook the meal we will eat. While one person is going to get pepper, the other will get tomatoes or yams or the ingredient we want to use. After getting everything my aunt, my cousin Nina and my grandmother help each other to cook the soup while we the man cook the yam and make fufu. After everything is done the woman stay together and eat. Same thing with the man. After eating and digesting, we all rest for about 20 minutes ,talk and laugh and later go back to work. By 3 pm my grandmother go home while we still working and after two hours to three, we all finish and take the way to home. The last time I went in my village was to bury my grandmother who died in December 2014 and this the moment I realise that I can not see her again I realise that everything is done between us on this ground. My grandmother with whom I didn’t spend enough time with and I was thinking when I will come back in my village she will tell me some stories and we will have fun together. My Hiraeth [Category: Hiraeth]:
When I relate to the word “ Hiraeth” the scene for my past that illustrates a yearning for a home that I can not find again is when I was in my native country of Benin Republic in west Africa. I had the best time of my life, though life was not always easy but I had fun. My childhood friends (Modeste, Yacoubou, Nina,Genevieve and Rafiath) and I always had something going on,whether it may be studying, partying , going to the movies or just hanging out. Never did it ever cross my mind that we all will go in our separate ways because of how close we were and how close our families were. The more we got older the more we drift apart from each other. In high school everyone fined a group that best fit to their personality at that time. We no longer hangout as much or had interest in getting back together,like we were. During that time I questioned myself what might have happened cause I never imagin that that we were like that. Up till this day I year for our friendship to be how it was like but I know it won't happen cause some of us (me for an example) no longer live in Benin and some of us now have a family to raise . It really hard to have had something and you lost it to something stupid . Well I guess that’s how life is, sometime we get or not what our heart desire. Hiraeth Project Discussion [Category: Hiraeth]:
Hiraeth, hiraeth!, What does Hiraeth mean. This is the first time I hear this word and as I speak another language which is French, the first thing I usually do when I don’t understand a new word in English is to relate it to French. This time, it does not help so the second step is to research it with some sources which are dictionary, google and others. After searching this word on google, this is the answer I found according to wikipedia ” The University of Wales, Lampeter attempts to define it as homesickness tinged with grief or sadness over the lost or departed. It is a mix of longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness, or an earnest desire[2] for the Wales of the past." From my understanding the word”Hiraeth” means a place you would like to go back to but you can’t, it is also a lost of a precious time in your life. If I will write a topic about the word Hiraeth, it will be about the year I lost my grandfather or grandmother also about the time me and some of my friends used to study together after class or in the weekend also when we used to play soccer together and usually go to play with other team. 6 Ways to Be a Hemingway-Level Productive Badass (Drake Baer)
MY WRITING PROCESS In today's society, many students fail to accomplish their goals because they are distracted by their surrounding. In the article How can you create Fiction When Reality Comes to Call by Carolyn Chute the author is writing about how she is struggling while she is writing during her everyday life where her family, friends, pets, Neighbors and people in her life are involves. In the article 6 Ways to Be a Hemingway-Level Productive Badass written by Drake Baer , the author is explaining how one of the greatest author use differents techniques to write by using standing desks, writing his thought on a paper first and how she was devoted by waking up every morning at 6 o’clock to write. Robin S. Sharma stated that “If we are paying attention to our lives, we'll recognise those defining moments. The challenge for so many of us is that we are so deep into daily distractions and 'being busy, busy' that we miss out on those moments and opportunities...” according to this statement, I’ve realize that as a college student, I tend to be distract every day by what is going on around me and because of that I don’t usually finish what I have to do on time and I think it’s common with most college students like me because we tend to procrastinate. The major distractions I face as a college student when I attempt to write a paper is that, my phone is always next to me because I use it as a dictionary. If my phone is next to me whenever I get a text messages or a notification I tend to look at it. My radio also tend to distract because instead of writing, I tend to stop and sing along to the song playing on the radio. When my girlfriend is around, I tend to be distracted by her because she want my full attention. I believe that I can become a better writer because I know that If I want something, I work very hard to get it and also to become a better writer I have to avoid a lot of distractions and here are the list of six steps I will use to avoid distractions and become a better writer.First,I have to decide and convince myself to avoid all kind of distractions that can stop me writing. Second, I have to always put my phone on silent to avoid the noises or sounds.Third, I have to be more concentrate on what I am doing not be looking at what is going on around me. Fourth, I have to have a planner to organise my daily activities. Fifth, I have to stop watching Tv when I have a writing assignment and finally, I have to manage my time to be productive. WHY I WRITE ? An author, always have a reason why he or she write. It can be to persuade, to inform and to enterntain. We usually don’t take the time to ask this question”Why I write” which is a question we should ask ourselves sometimes. Joan Didion ask this question “Why I Write” and she answer by saying.” I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. “ She describe in her writing how she was inspire about writing. Joan write to express herself, to write her thoughts down ,to tell a story and about society . As international student; writing is not always fun for me because of my language barrier. In life there's always a room of improvement and as for me there's room to improve my writing skills. The question here is why do I write. I write to improve my writing skills, to be able to communicate with others, to express myself, to learn. to explore the world and to tell a story. I am not a good writer but I like to improve myself everyday. I usually write when I want to text my friends, siblings, girlfriend and my family members almost everyday . As most college student would say I write because I'm require to write in order to be successful as a student. |
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