Comments on: Daily Reflections

By: Peter Period 4

Peter Period 4 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:04:47 +0000

Instead of having them everyday, why can’t we get them the last day we see you.
I have you on Fridays so we could have reflections on Friday, and turn it in on Tuesday.
Some people have you on Thursdays and could turn it in on Mondays. I bet you’ll have more reflections than you usually got.

By: Breanne period3

Breanne period3 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:52:59 +0000

I 100% agree with Jeni, now. I don’t put a great amount of effort towards the daily reflections/thinking? Therefore, I don’t find them at all that mandatory. I see your point of view thats it is re-thinking about what we have learned and making sure we understand it, but shouldn’t that be something we do in class? If it was in class I would put my mind more towards it and be more willing to do it. Plus, I would have the lesson fresh in my mind and be able to share my opinion and ask my questions right then. What if I am doing a reflection and I have a question or somethings confusing to me and I dont have your class the next day? Or in my case I don’t have the best of memory, so I’ll end up forgetting and I’ll go on being confused about what I learned. What about that what happens then?

By: Mr. G

Mr. G — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:24:41 +0000

Reflecting is thinking. Re-read what you wrote above but change the word “reflections” to “thinking”.

By: Jeni 5

Jeni 5 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:03:23 +0000

I also think that, since people like Breanne and I do not feel that reflections are really all that neccessary, we are not putting the effort to do one actually good. We are just doing what we need to do to do good on the assignment, but we don’t, or at least I don’t, put forth a lot of effort to do good on them. I’m not really even thinking about what I’m writing, I just write whatever comes to head even if its not all true.

By: Breanne

Breanne — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:06:59 +0000

I disagree with jeni. I don’t see how they help me still? What’s the point of writing what I learned it’s like a diary? I do agree that some stuff is review and we don’t have questions what do we do then? I understand that reviewing is helpful for fcat and tests but yet if we learn about something we already know, we might get more confused? Don’t you agree. Reflections are not something I put a bunch of effort into. For example, today after school I had to give a friend a ride to a game and stayed at the game to support friends. I had to come home to a history study guide, history studying, a final draft of an essay, math homework, Spanish studies, and reflection. It’s 10 o clock and I’m still not done. I do believe we have too much history homework but that’s her way of preparing us. I do spend a lot of my time on her homework because I see how they help me an I understand it very clearly. With reflections, I understand them but how do they help me? I believe it’s something to do during class. With all this homework I didn’t get a chance to do anything I truely wanted that doesn’t seem fair. I’m by blaming Mr. Grant for alllll this homework but with all of my time spent on homework I don’t want to do something I don’t find a point in like reflections.

By: Jeni 5

Jeni 5 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:00:46 +0000

In my opinion, Reflections are helpful, but it seems a bit excessive to have to do them after every class period. I think that it would be better to heve one maybe once a week. On alot of days we don’t do anything that challenging in class. So far, what we have been learning is a review so I cant really write a paragraph about it. For example, the water cycle is pretty basic and we have been learning about it since 1st grade. I, and probably many students understand this and dont have any questions. Therefore, all you can write as a reflection is, “Today in class we learned about the water cycle. I understand it and dont have any question.” Writeing this may only take a few minutes, but afterwards I spend at least 10 additional minutes thinking about if there is anything else I can add because I want to get a better grade. I dont understand the importance of knowing that I learned about the water cycle. I can understand how a reflection would be helpful after learning a challenging, new lesson but that isnt every day, and on the other days the reflection is a waste of time that we could have used on other homework, or extracurricular activities. When i student finds something hard to understand, thats a good time to write a reflection, but when the material is basic to a student and they dont have any questions I feel a reflection is not helpful.

By: Katrina 3

Katrina 3 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:16:04 +0000

i agree breanne! but i havent done all my reflections but she makes a good point and i do hope you take that into conciteration

By: Breanne

Breanne — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:45:44 +0000

What if you have extremly bad memory, like I do. I highly doubt writing down what I did in class will help me with my memory. It might help me remeber questions I have, but how am I to be able to remeber those questions the next class? I think reflections should be something done in class. Lately I have not had time to do stuff between Heltons 2 projects, math homework, studying, Mrs. Adams stories, drum class,reading and family events. I know that reflections take 5 minutes but that’s extra time I could put towards something else. I have been doing all my reflections but I don’t put a lot of effort because I don’t believe it helps. I’m the type or person who cares about what I learn and how it helps my future. I don’t believe the reflections are necessary as HOMEWORK. Maybe make it class work or extra credit or part of a test? I really hope you are not just listening to why I say but also taking some of it into consideration?

By: Katrina 3

Katrina 3 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:51:20 +0000

ok ill give it a shot hopefully that will bring up my grade because i am going to flunk the SPF lab, but i agree with breanne mine might have questions in my reflections.

By: Mr. G

Mr. G — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:23:37 +0000

I’d enjoy reading a reflection like that.