Holidays, vacations, break, leave. Call it what you want, for me all these words mean the same: RELAXING! And the winter break can't come soon enough. One week to go, 5 days, 3 days, 2 days... I keep saying to myself so as not to lose it and end up killing someone...
I've never felt this tired before. I had done so many things this term that I can't tell. Workshop, Language, Workshop III. Not that many subjects, I know, but they are all very demanding. So much so that I even dream I'm planning! I feel like going mad at times. I'm sure you know what I mean.
I've reached a point in which my body doesn't obey my brain anymore: it takes me ages to finish a sentence, I bump into things all the time, I forget things, and of couse I fall asleep everywhere.
Being close to end of the term and looking back on it, I wonder: was it worth it? Every minute! I've learnt so many things and, I've grown so much. The sense of accomplishment is doping!
Anyway, I'm planning to enjoy my holidays as much as possible, sleep late, catch up with friends, and do all those girly things I've been leaving aside.
Wednesday 30 June 2010
Monday 21 June 2010
No Man is an Island
"...No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind;..."
I always get a bit anxious when I know we are going to write in teams, but I always find this experience of co-writing very enriching. Writing is a process that starts in our heads, what and how to write are questions that we answer before even grabbing a pen (or putting a finger on the keyboard). The thing is that when we write in teams, we have to consider other people's whats and hows -not an easy task.
When writitng in teams, compromising is key. Accepting that other point of view, that other way of putting an idea is what makes this process worthy. It opens your head, it widens your perception and it sharpens your sense or appropriacy -if she, that is part of the process, doesn't get it, an outsider won't get it either. Let's change this!-
What's also good about this way of working is that you are not alone. Sometimes we get so stucked in our thoughts, that we fail to see our mistakes or we can't find the correct form of saying something. Working in teams means having someone to rely on, someone at hand to help you see what you have missed.
Every time I work in teams, I take something with me -either a new word, a new strucutre, a new way of seeing things or a funny memory- which, I feel, is the whole idea of struggling to find common grounds.
John Donne.
I chose this quiotation for this topic beacuse in a way it is connected. Just change death for life, and diminish for heighten, and I hope you see it the way I see it.
Well, our first writing assignment is over... I always get a bit anxious when I know we are going to write in teams, but I always find this experience of co-writing very enriching. Writing is a process that starts in our heads, what and how to write are questions that we answer before even grabbing a pen (or putting a finger on the keyboard). The thing is that when we write in teams, we have to consider other people's whats and hows -not an easy task.
When writitng in teams, compromising is key. Accepting that other point of view, that other way of putting an idea is what makes this process worthy. It opens your head, it widens your perception and it sharpens your sense or appropriacy -if she, that is part of the process, doesn't get it, an outsider won't get it either. Let's change this!-
What's also good about this way of working is that you are not alone. Sometimes we get so stucked in our thoughts, that we fail to see our mistakes or we can't find the correct form of saying something. Working in teams means having someone to rely on, someone at hand to help you see what you have missed.
Every time I work in teams, I take something with me -either a new word, a new strucutre, a new way of seeing things or a funny memory- which, I feel, is the whole idea of struggling to find common grounds.
About this specific task, I feel we worked very well together and I'm more than happy with our final version.
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