Quarter+One

=Quarter One Habits of Mind:=

1. Finding humor
Though the most important thing about going to school is learning and exploring new ideas and concepts, sometimes (understandably), school can get boring. I find that finding humor in everything makes me a better learner because I become much more interested in what I'm learning in and I can learn more things while simultaneously having fun, even in subjects that aren't my strongest (i.e. science and math). We had an assignment this year that required us to watch a short documentary on atoms and the periodic table. Though the video wasn't particularly interesting (though informative), when completing the assignment required for that specific station in our lab, my group had a lot of fun. We had to record a video talking about the video and what we learned, in addition to things that we enjoyed about the video. My group consisted of Antonio, Bracken, and me. Instead of having a dull conversation about how "we liked how there were pictures and video clips", we played around with the settings of the video and ended up having fun while completing our assignment. If you'd like to listen to our video, download the file below.

2. Striving for accuracy and precision
When doing worksheets, oftentimes my worksheet becomes crumpled from shoving it into my bag (because I'm too lazy to put it in my binder) or it will be marked up by some of my classmates. Some of my worksheets from earlier in the year imply that I don't care very much about neatness or being organized, but after a while, I tried to change this. The first worksheet is from September 7, 2011, and it is the worksheet I had to do at one of our Atomic Structure Lab stations. It is in terrible condition and really poorly taken care of. However, the next class, I focused on doing my worksheets neatly and making sure that all my papers were put in chronological order and cross-referenced by subject in my binder.