Mary, What a crazy-interesting story. As I was reading it, I was weighing my options for what to do post-read. I could either take a short nap, or keep working and go to bed early. *just a disclaimer, my tiredness had nothing to do with readint he piece. Before I even finished the piece, I was falling asleep. I guess I'm no-delayer. BUT, as I was sleeping and waking up and thinking, I was wondering if this has any correlation with insomnia? Hold on, this made total sense while I was drifting in and out of consciousness. Because they can't distract themselves for long enough to fall asleep and instead have to finish whatever they've started thinking about. Anyway, this kept my interest the entire time, thanks! I really think, in terms of how it's written, the piece does well to go into Mischel's history. The scene of his family burning peices of their heritage in their fireplace until they come upon a U.S. citizen certificate is fantastic. Also, the intro is perfect.
Huh, this is SUCH an interesting story - good choice!
It also made me laugh - the bit about the kid stroking the marshmallow like a small stuffed animal was hilarious. It made me wonder if I would have been one of the kids who had eaten the marshmallow or not...haha...
I agree with Marni - the introduction is very strong. I DO think that the anecdote works really well to explain what, exactly, the experiments were about by showing.
Mary I really enjoyed this piece. I like that Lehrer decided to start the piece with the experiment. I find it very interesting that Mischel decided to follow all the kids he experimented and tested them based on their patience and behavior.
This specifically reminds me of a video Boatwright showed my Adolescent Development class when Livingston was sick. It was a documentary of British children from age 4 to their 50's or 60's. He studied their behavior and how they ended up in life. He studied their choices, asked simple questions about what would they do in certain situations. It was really interesting to see how the environment affected these people, and how they changed overtime.
This study would be really interesting if it were extrapolated to include children from different nationalities and cultures. I was so into the content that I kept forgetting to analyze the structure, use of dialogue, etc. But I also think that's because the intro was so strong and it was easy to get lost in the content from there on out.
Mary,
ReplyDeleteWhat a crazy-interesting story. As I was reading it, I was weighing my options for what to do post-read. I could either take a short nap, or keep working and go to bed early. *just a disclaimer, my tiredness had nothing to do with readint he piece.
Before I even finished the piece, I was falling asleep. I guess I'm no-delayer.
BUT, as I was sleeping and waking up and thinking, I was wondering if this has any correlation with insomnia? Hold on, this made total sense while I was drifting in and out of consciousness. Because they can't distract themselves for long enough to fall asleep and instead have to finish whatever they've started thinking about.
Anyway, this kept my interest the entire time, thanks!
I really think, in terms of how it's written, the piece does well to go into Mischel's history. The scene of his family burning peices of their heritage in their fireplace until they come upon a U.S. citizen certificate is fantastic. Also, the intro is perfect.
Huh, this is SUCH an interesting story - good choice!
ReplyDeleteIt also made me laugh - the bit about the kid stroking the marshmallow like a small stuffed animal was hilarious. It made me wonder if I would have been one of the kids who had eaten the marshmallow or not...haha...
I agree with Marni - the introduction is very strong. I DO think that the anecdote works really well to explain what, exactly, the experiments were about by showing.
Mary I really enjoyed this piece. I like that Lehrer decided to start the piece with the experiment. I find it very interesting that Mischel decided to follow all the kids he experimented and tested them based on their patience and behavior.
ReplyDeleteThis specifically reminds me of a video Boatwright showed my Adolescent Development class when Livingston was sick. It was a documentary of British children from age 4 to their 50's or 60's. He studied their behavior and how they ended up in life. He studied their choices, asked simple questions about what would they do in certain situations. It was really interesting to see how the environment affected these people, and how they changed overtime.
This study would be really interesting if it were extrapolated to include children from different nationalities and cultures. I was so into the content that I kept forgetting to analyze the structure, use of dialogue, etc. But I also think that's because the intro was so strong and it was easy to get lost in the content from there on out.
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