II

I mentioned a few things in the last post that I would write about, one of these being the affect of self-reflection on learning. I think this is an interesting area because some people think that it is an important practice and others think that it is only useful after you have become somewhat of an expert in the field that you are attempting to understand, and, until such time,  only actually succeeds in confusing and distracting students and learners.

I have recently gone back into education, after having a fairly rocky educational life. The reason I chose to go back is because I realized that my scrawny physical frame is useless in the world of physical work, and that my brain, although tattered from years of introspective masturbation, works fairly well. To attend university proper I first had to apply for a foundation course (because I had been out of education for sometime). At the center of the foundation course (I have finished the last year, just today), was an emphasis on self-reflective learning, in which I had to do a self-reflective portfolio, with the measly word count of 4000. I sometimes found it to be distracting and frustrating, but when I had finally finished the portfolio realized it had made more aware of certain tactics I use to avoid starting and/or finishing projects.

That is why it is important for me that I actually start some kind of project. This is one of the reasons I chose to do this blog. The other being that I actually quite like writing and feel like I need to improve on the already passable skills I have.

Until next time...