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This week we were told to write on anything that pertains to what we are doing in the class, or our thoughts on one of the readings. So I am going to write on my lack of understanding in the class and how I am going to work on improving it.
In the class we have many readings from scholars with huge words in them. My vocabulary is very limited and I have a hard time understanding and learning new words in complicated text. This makes me feel really stupid when the rest of the class seems to know what it means. I just nod my head and pretend that I know what I am hearing. Reality is though that I can probably say with at least ninety percent accuracy that there are others in the classroom who are in the same situation that I am.
So why do we read these papers, when we don’t take the time to learn the words. The way that I am going to fix this is I am going to bring a dictionary to class and when I don’t know a word I will look it up in my little dictionary and then I will find time to use that word at least three times that day if not more. In this way I believe that I will learn more words in a timely manner. This will create a more extensive vocabulary and will teach me how to spell. Another thing that I am really bad at.
One other thing is peer reviews I am going to get someone really smart to edit the grammar on my paper so that I can learn the concepts over time. I believe that kids have gotten more stupid over time because teachers fail to see if their students understand the concepts. There are thousands of kids like me who do not like to speak up in class for fear of sounding stupid. If you are like this feel free to email me and we can chat. Jappenman@yahoo.com.
“And that is all I have to say about that.” -Forest Gump-
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Your strategy for learning new words is a good one. I find it helpful to keep a notebook in which I write down new words and their definitions. Somehow writing down the definition helps me remember the word and what it means.
I’m curious: How do you think a teacher can determine whether students understand what’s going on in class if those who don’t understand refuse to speake up and ask questions? It sounds as if you expect teachers to be mind readers.
Comment by Marcia October 22, 2006 @ 3:59 pm