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byTalcottNicholsTuesday,10February2015,9:37PM

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Reflectingisimportantbecauseithelpsyoubecomebetter,notonlyinwriting,butlearningingeneral.
Reflectivelearnersdeveloptheabilitytoidentifyanddiscusstheirchoices,strengths,andlearning
processes.(TheProcessofPortfolioKeeping27).Beingabletorecognizethesethingsallowsyoutouse
yourstrengthsandimproveyourweaknesses.Theprocessofwritingthesereflectionsdownallowsyoutogo
backandagainreflecttoconstantlyimprove,aswellashelpyourememberyourreflectionsingeneral.Its
difficulttogobackwhentheclassisnearlyoverandtracewhatyouwerethinkinginthesecondweekof
class.(TheProcessofPortfolioKeeping27).

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IliketothinkIreflectonwhatIdoeveryday.IthinkabouthowwellIamdoinginmyclasses,ifIfeelon
topofthings,andtrytothinkofwaystobebetter.Myonlyfaultwiththis,iswritingitdown.Itypicallydo
thisreflectingwhenIamdriving,walking,orjustdoingamundanetask.Sotheoptionofwritingdowneither
nevercrossesmymindorIamnotataplacewhereIcanwriteitdown.IhadanENGR1201assignment
recentlythataskedwhatIthoughtofmyworkethicinwhichIwrote:

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Asfarasworkethic,IhavecometotherealizationthatIamdrivenbywhatsexpectedofme.Ifyoudonot
expectmuchoutofme,youprobablywontgetmuchback.Itendtorisetotheoccasionasitwere.
Sometimesthisconcernsme,andothertimesImayimpressmyselfastowhatIcanaccomplish.

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Itwasinterestingsittingdownandreallythinkingaboutthis,andwritingitdownforotherstoread.Especially
sincenowthatIhavewrittenitdownIthinkaboutitwhenIstartslackingoff.
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byLeandraLarondeWednesday,11February2015,1:13AM

HeyTalcott,
Ithinkit'sprettycoolthatyoutakethetimetoactuallylookatwhatyouhavedoneeveryday.Icould
probablylearnalotfromyoubecauseIpersonallydonottakealotoftimetoreflectonmyselformy
progress.Afterreadingwhatyouhaveposted,IthinkIwilltakesomeofyourmethodsofreflectioninto
considerationonadailybasis.Althoughweareverydifferent,likeyouIamquitewearyofactually
writingdownmyreflections.WritingaboutmehasnotalwaysbeenmystrongsuitsoatthispointI
dontknowifIamreadyeither.
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byRamelCarpenterWednesday,11February2015,1:23AM

Talcott,
Icompletelyagreewithwhatyou'resaying.Ibelievethatreflectinghelpsyoubecomebetterinmore
thanjustwriting.Isaidsomethingverysimilarlikethisinmydiscussionresponse.Reflectingabout
yourselfandyourprogressisimportantinlife,andIhonestlythinkthatmanypeopleshoulddoit
becauseyougrowasaperson.Realizingyourstrengthsandweaknessesisonethingthatcanplaya
majorroleinnotonlywritingbutinlifeaswell.Onethingthatcaughtmyeyeinyourresponsewasyour
statementonworkethic.Likeyourself,Iliketorisetotheoccasionaswell.
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byEthanMullinsWednesday,11February2015,8:15AM

HelloTaclott,
It'sinterestingwhatyousaidabout"risingtotheoccasion,asitwere."Ifeellikethat'ssomethingIdo
best.Irecentlywasina24hourplayfestivalwhereIhadabout9hourstowriteaplaythatwouldbe
rehearsedandperformedtheverynextday.Ikindofjustmessedaroundforthefirst5hours,butthen
whenitwas"crunch"time,IsatdownandwroteoneofthebestplaysI'veeverwritten.Isuppose
pressuremakesusperform.
IthinkI'mgoingtocopyyouandstartreflectingonmydaywhileIdrive.IfindthatIspendmostofmy
timeinthecarjustsingingorzoningout.Butthatnowseemslikeagreattimetolookatmyself.
Thanks.
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