Monday, April 25, 2011
Best of the Week: Do you Mind??!!
When I first started the Do you mind questions I was not excited. I thought that they were just going to add on to the minutes I had to be in Mr. Allen's class. But the more I do them and get into the questions themselves the more I realize how they are changing me as a person. Each question I complete I learn something new about myself that I didn't know or that I simply forgot. Today in class Mr. Allen mentioned how it is important to know how to slow time by paying attention to the details. The Do you Mind questions have helped me slow down my life for the moment, and really enjoy it and savor it. These questions also help me understand my classmates around me. When they share their answers they're sharing a part of who they are. This is very cool to experience and take part of!
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I totally agree with you Kathryn. Do you mind questions are great because they make you realize so much about yourself because you can be totally honest and no one can judge you and you do not even need to tell anyone your thoughts. The sharing part is great too, you can find out and absorb the way others around you might see a question differently than you that you might have passed over. DYM questions are good to get to know others and your self more deeply and teach you things like living in the moment and realizing what is going on around you in the world.
ReplyDeleteI've had a similar experience with the do you mind questions also. At first, I thought theyvwere just random questions an we just I'd them to waste time and "chill". But as we go to the questions where we ha to actually think hard about and even have hard time about, I realized that these questions were more than just questions tha we did in the beginning of th class period to waste time. It really applies to the theme of this semester where it's about the future. The questions mademe think about my own future.
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