Discussion Blog

How did I prepare for this assignment compared to others?

Well let me tell you there was a little less procrastination, although not too much.

I was mostly thinking about trying to look studious, like I drink black coffee (ew) and get lost deep in thought, and use quotes from the great writers in hopes of sounding interesting.

Well, I hate to break it to everyone but black coffee is disgusting. The other two still apply to me…totally kidding.

How did I do this in all seriousness? Well, I read the story several times. Picked out the questions that I actually wanted to answer, picked ones that I thought my “mind” could best represent. Does that make any sense? Then I busted out my yellow post-it notes. I wrote down which question that sticky note section answered, as well as page numbers and small notes in case I needed a jump start into the conversation. Although when I was actually involved in the discussion I found myself spitting out all of my notes, honestly I don’t even know if I was actually talking. I was pretty much spitting out facts.

At one point I did look up other’s views on what the Misfit said about “she would have been a good woman if there had been someone there to shoot her everyday of her life”? (Probably not word for word) although, I am sure we all got the point.

I was reading some people’s views on that topic and I was dying. Some of the answers were so pathetic. What was even worse was reading the comments from the self-deemed intellectuals, and knowing that what they were saying was SO wrong that I was almost sure they had never read the material! One person said this “The misfit was sad with himself for shooting her because she was such a good woman and he wasn’t.” Oh my gosh!

Three things I learned?

1. I am way better at English then I am at Pre calculus

2. That it is okay to talk, someone will tell you to shut up when you have said enough, or nothing relevant.

3. Also those others in my discussion group had some excellent points and I wished I had thought of some of the things that they had said.

Altogether I found the exercise to be a success and I liked hearing everyone’s opinions. It really opened my mind up to so many different things that I hadn’t thought about. I also loved the idea of be O’Connor delving into so many topics just within a short story. Especially concerning the religion. Great use of ideas.