Morning Meeting
We have a very busy agenda today. Starting by at 9:00-10:00 Roberto Blum, invited us to the Interuniversitario Seminar in which he will be talking about the corruption in the government. At 3:00-4:00 we're receiving our guest Robert Neuwirth. And from 1:00-4:00 we'll be having a perspective student with us (Mafer Soto)
It was Karen's morning meeting and she thought us about photography. Here are some tips which I wrote down.
6 Rules:
Siempre hay una estrella
Less is more
Ruler or 1/3 s (No poner a la estrella en el centro sino que usar más el espacio dado)
Que la mirada de las personas que fotografiamos si estan viendo a un horizonte entonces incluirlo en la foto. Si es un retrato no poner los ojos en el medio del marco pero q sea en la tercio superior o inferior
Natural arrows (diagonals)
Geometric shapes (más interesantes)
Frame (puertas, ventanas, arcos)
It was Karen's morning meeting and she thought us about photography. Here are some tips which I wrote down.
6 Rules:
Siempre hay una estrella
Less is more
Ruler or 1/3 s (No poner a la estrella en el centro sino que usar más el espacio dado)
Que la mirada de las personas que fotografiamos si estan viendo a un horizonte entonces incluirlo en la foto. Si es un retrato no poner los ojos en el medio del marco pero q sea en la tercio superior o inferior
Natural arrows (diagonals)
Geometric shapes (más interesantes)
Frame (puertas, ventanas, arcos)
Difficult Conversations. Chapter 5
Feelings do matter. They are too powerful to remain peacefully bottled. They let us know we are fully ALIVE.
In a difficult conversation it is better to start of by surfacing your feelings at putting them at stake, most often feelings are at the heart of what's wrong. Talk about what you and no one else is feeling, because unexpressed feelings can create so much tension that you disengage from the conversation you are having. Often people don't know how to listen well, and this is because they don't express themselves well either, and unexpressed feelings can block the ability to listen. Acknowledge your feelings, because feelings just are. You won't always be happy with what you are feeling. Begin to deal with the underlying causes of these feelings. We turn our feelings into judgements, attributions, characterization, problem solving. Get everything you are feeling into the conversation. Before saying what you are feeling negotiate with your feelings. By changing your feelings you can alter you thinking. Focus not on blame but on what each of them contributed to the conversation. Express youor feelings without judging. When someone show their feelings, he is more vulnerable to be judged or rejected. Know yourself and explore your feelings, and specially be metacognitive about why you react the way you do towards certain inputs. Fight against the wounds created by your family environment and change them so you don't fall for them and be the same. Show your feelings! Solve it with the people that has to be solved and not take your feelings to other places or people that have nothing to do with it. Let's spread better paths.
In a difficult conversation it is better to start of by surfacing your feelings at putting them at stake, most often feelings are at the heart of what's wrong. Talk about what you and no one else is feeling, because unexpressed feelings can create so much tension that you disengage from the conversation you are having. Often people don't know how to listen well, and this is because they don't express themselves well either, and unexpressed feelings can block the ability to listen. Acknowledge your feelings, because feelings just are. You won't always be happy with what you are feeling. Begin to deal with the underlying causes of these feelings. We turn our feelings into judgements, attributions, characterization, problem solving. Get everything you are feeling into the conversation. Before saying what you are feeling negotiate with your feelings. By changing your feelings you can alter you thinking. Focus not on blame but on what each of them contributed to the conversation. Express youor feelings without judging. When someone show their feelings, he is more vulnerable to be judged or rejected. Know yourself and explore your feelings, and specially be metacognitive about why you react the way you do towards certain inputs. Fight against the wounds created by your family environment and change them so you don't fall for them and be the same. Show your feelings! Solve it with the people that has to be solved and not take your feelings to other places or people that have nothing to do with it. Let's spread better paths.
Meno
I enjoyed so much today's dialogue. We finished reading it but still have some questions, so we'll read it again for next wednesday and bring a layout about Socrates mind map about what is virtue.
-Has true opinions rather than knowledge. Correct opinion. He will not be a worse guide than the one who knows.
Opinion: "creo"
Correct opinion?
knowledge: always succeed. True opinions only succeed at times. Knowledge is the recollection.
Convertir tu opinion en knowledge. Virtue appears to be present in those of us who may posses it as a gift from the gods.
-Has true opinions rather than knowledge. Correct opinion. He will not be a worse guide than the one who knows.
Opinion: "creo"
Correct opinion?
knowledge: always succeed. True opinions only succeed at times. Knowledge is the recollection.
Convertir tu opinion en knowledge. Virtue appears to be present in those of us who may posses it as a gift from the gods.
Drama
After acted out the monologue which had to be funny (Mean Girls), I recieved some feedback in which I have to improve.
Manejar nervios porque me temblaba la voz/ respirar profundo antes y mantener la concentracion
Hacer mas pausas
Dar enfasis en las expresiones
Manejar nervios porque me temblaba la voz/ respirar profundo antes y mantener la concentracion
Hacer mas pausas
Dar enfasis en las expresiones
Robert Neuwirth
This dialogue impacted me because first of all I thought the dialogue would go around the informal markets more than his personal life and his experiences. I learned so much of him, especially because he wrote two books and took him 4 and half years to write them down. He was a journalist which recieved $12 for every article he wrote, and all of a sudden he woke up one day thinking about: If not me, who? If not now, when? And he decided to leave to Brazil to live in the slumbs, (Fabelas) and have an experience on how they function and eliminate those stereotypes that they are dangerous. He later on lived in India, Africa and shared experiences with the people in the communities. One of the things he learned the most throughout his experiences was to go through the pain of being inadequate, of doing something different than the rest of the world. For him it was confusing to think that many people trusted their maintenance people (maids, chauffeurs, butlers) who are from the slums, but don't trust the big community. He noticed that the economy system repeats the exclusion of the people from less income. But they are as hard working as people from the city are. He learned the values of humility and hospitality. After living this experience Robert knew that he would create a greater impact with the help of a book rather than talking to the government to notice the reality of these slums. The way forward he says to these communities is not the government, (governments function to what they have more profit from, they are often not your friend but your enemy, and the one who brings you down) but the organization of people to create something in common. It is sad that banks don't see the potential of these informal entrepreneurs, and don't offer them credits. Most often people asked the question of why is there poverty but first we should look onto what is functioning in those people that are being wealthy, Why is not other people doing the same? Is it too much work? If it is, you can divide the work and all receive profit from it. There is the distinction between early adopters and the non adopters.
Physics
Cuando se cambia la percepcion que el humano es el centro del universo en donde el creador nos cuida porque somos los unicos, entonces al comprobarse lo contario se crea esta revolución del pensamiento religioso.
Aristotles rechazaba la idea del vacio. Infinito contable: Decir este es primero. Uncountable finite: No podes decir el primero. Como los numeros iracionales. Cambio en la posición: movimiento. Se que pasa el tiempo porque algo cambia. El cambio toma tiempo. Velocidad del cambio. El tiempo sirve para medir el cambio. Tiempo y espacio. Algo cambio por lo tanto ocurrio en el tiempo. Rapidez o exactitud.
Teleological: telos, fin, proposito.
Porque los griegos menospreciaban el experimento sensible?
Platón confiaba en las matematicas
I need to find a way to document this class, because I learn so much about it but my notes suck.
Aristotles rechazaba la idea del vacio. Infinito contable: Decir este es primero. Uncountable finite: No podes decir el primero. Como los numeros iracionales. Cambio en la posición: movimiento. Se que pasa el tiempo porque algo cambia. El cambio toma tiempo. Velocidad del cambio. El tiempo sirve para medir el cambio. Tiempo y espacio. Algo cambio por lo tanto ocurrio en el tiempo. Rapidez o exactitud.
Teleological: telos, fin, proposito.
Porque los griegos menospreciaban el experimento sensible?
Platón confiaba en las matematicas
I need to find a way to document this class, because I learn so much about it but my notes suck.
Debrief
We had 15 minutes to debrief the day.
We acknowledged Alejo for asking for a pause in Difficult Conversations dialogue because we were getting off topic and he brought us back. We thanked Pablito for assuming the responsibilities of being on the outer circle he wrote down the following:
-Have dialogues as example- play
Stick to the text
Work by subsection (practice synthesis)
Give examples related to the chapter's topic
Call for a mini debrief if the dialogue is getting off topic.
We should find approaches on to explaining what is the Trivium and Quadrivium to students because most of the time they get confused because of those terms.
Now the interesting part comes, Grace and Majo gave a debrief of their entire day, their process of being quite the whole time and their observations.
-Isa and I, use almost exactly the same body language and expressions at the same time. (scary, I know)
Javier tabush touches his nails while talkin (notice this on your day) face, etc
Javier talked a lot more today than other days he was more participativ e in all dialogues
Grace and majo which sit besides javier always talks with them and makes jokes with them but because today they were Silent javier expressed all of his thoughts and could be able to be an active member that an mpcer should be known for.
One thing I noticed Grace being excessively nervous when she was debriefing with Majo. I can imagine it is because she is very insecure around others and because she was "ignored" (didn't had any conversation with anyone) the entire day she felt overwhelmed having all eyes on her at the moment of debriefing.
We acknowledged Alejo for asking for a pause in Difficult Conversations dialogue because we were getting off topic and he brought us back. We thanked Pablito for assuming the responsibilities of being on the outer circle he wrote down the following:
-Have dialogues as example- play
Stick to the text
Work by subsection (practice synthesis)
Give examples related to the chapter's topic
Call for a mini debrief if the dialogue is getting off topic.
We should find approaches on to explaining what is the Trivium and Quadrivium to students because most of the time they get confused because of those terms.
Now the interesting part comes, Grace and Majo gave a debrief of their entire day, their process of being quite the whole time and their observations.
-Isa and I, use almost exactly the same body language and expressions at the same time. (scary, I know)
Javier tabush touches his nails while talkin (notice this on your day) face, etc
Javier talked a lot more today than other days he was more participativ e in all dialogues
Grace and majo which sit besides javier always talks with them and makes jokes with them but because today they were Silent javier expressed all of his thoughts and could be able to be an active member that an mpcer should be known for.
One thing I noticed Grace being excessively nervous when she was debriefing with Majo. I can imagine it is because she is very insecure around others and because she was "ignored" (didn't had any conversation with anyone) the entire day she felt overwhelmed having all eyes on her at the moment of debriefing.