Students as independent learners

To be an Independent Learner

 

This week in Language Art class we talked about being Independent Learners. Students today are relying too heavily on other people’s thinking, the internet, teachers, etc. Which means that we should have our own perspective of what is and how we learn for ourselves. To be an Independent Learner, you should be engaged with your future, because what you learn now, you will need for something bigger when you get a job. You need to have different points of view, so you can compare them and see what is the best and more effective way to learn.

Independent Learning is learning that is self-directed. This kind of learning has to be organized and completed. We, Students have encouraged to know our own interests and what will help to improve our knowledge. We need to know when is the right time to ask for someone’s help. We need to practice a lot, so we know that we are not wrong, and that takes a lot of responsibility and self-discipline. We got to be interested enough so we can enjoy while learning, and enjoy what it is that we are learning.

Also, Independent Learners have a little of sense of insecurity, which is caused by the absence of an adult or a teacher that normally give students help and security. Those who are Independent Learners teach themselves and only ask question after a failure to find a solution on their own. Finally, I think being an Independent Learner is a great thing because students can accomplish many good characteristics from it, and be ready for their future, without many people’s help all the time. They know how to discover things for themselves which gives them responsibility.

To Kill a Mocking-bird: Reflective Blog

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          In Language Arts class, we have been talking about culture and how it affects the author’s writing.  I am reading the book “To Kill a Mocking-bird” by Harper Lee. Throughout the book we can notice that Harper Lee’s life was described in the book. We can tell that  many things happened in the story because of her life when a child. Her culture affected her writing, it helps us realize that she didn’t have a perfect childhood or an easy one. Harper Lee lived in a small town called Monroeville. She was the youngest of four children. She was born on April 28, 1926 in Alabama. Lee was always known as a loner and individualist person. Which explained her childhood and why she got the idea to write her first book in centuries.

          When Harper Lee was 10 years old, a white girl that lived near her hometown accused a black man of raping her. The man’s trial were covered by her father’s newspaper. This fact helped to build Lee’s sense of a dramatic story. Just like in To Kill a Mocking-bird . Harper Lee’s dad was a  lawyer, just like Atticus, she was a tomboy like Scout.

        Many people believe that Harper Lee was influenced by what influences many writers and that she took the idea of the book from her own personal experience and culture. Both cities, her hometown and the book’s setting had  courthouses, neighbors who knew everyone’s business, and a resident who terrified local kids. Harper Lee said that To Kill a Mocking-bird was not a book of  autobiography, but that she took scenes and characters from her childhood to remind Maycomb’s landscape. Harper Lee got a lot of insperation from her town and also from her culture. Anyway, this was my point of view about culture,  Harper Lee’s writing background and how it affected the way she wrote the story.

My sources were: http://www.harperlee.com/bio.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/harper-lee