2/8/15
So there was an interesting discussion recently in which we
each posed a question to the rest of the class. The questions could be anything
we wanted while being respectful and appropriate. We were not supposed to
repeat questions, meaning each person was to come up with their own question to
pose to the class. I was not surprised that there were several questions that
were basically the same. There were several questions asking about redoing
something from the past or what we could do differently if we could, and while
not surprisingly this question was asked several different ways, but the
answers did prove to be somewhat unexpected. Many of the students responded
that they would do something different in terms of school such as give it more
effort, go to college right after high school, etc. Questions of vacations and
travel were not unexpected either.
There were some interesting questions as well. There were
some creative questions as well related to music, movies, ad or literature as
well. One question asked our favorite movie or real life adaptation based on
literature. I thought that was a great question.
Overall some of the things I learned about this group of
students based on this assignment was that:
1.
We are animal lovers. When it comes down to cats
vs. dogs, I think dogs took the lead by just a hair
2. Music is popular and a big part of our
lives. Music is such an amazing thing it can help define certain times in your
life.
3. We would love to be able to travel or fantasize
about our dream places to live. It seems that the tropics or beach locations as
well as several places in Europe were popular.
4. Apparently we as a whole have a lot of
debt because the majority of us said we would pay off any debt if we won the
lottery, but let’s face it we are college students so regardless of how old or
if we work or not we’re pretty much all broke and in debt right? There are a
fair amount of us that would also so do some sort of charity with our winnings
as well.
5. When it comes to superpowers we had
several different answers such as psychic abilities, flying both of which are
not surprising. There were some that would chose the ability to time travel,
which I thought was different and interesting. And there were a few that would
chose the power to heal.
This assignment was interesting
to see the types of questions asked and then to browse through and read the
different answers. There are similarities for sure but we are also a rather
diverse and eclectic group. I don’t know how an assignment like this would go
over in a classroom setting but online it was a great way to get a feel for who
our classmates are. With online classes sometimes you just know a name and are
trying to picture that person or what they might be like based on your
interactions with them but with this assignment it gives you a little peak into
what each person is like. 