Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Taking Advice/Luke's Presentation Commentary

I attempted to make a tray today, but the clay was really wet and it wouldn't stick to the mold. I'm going to go in tomorrow 2nd period to finish that!

All I have left to do other than my tray is assemble my teapot. I've made the teapot and the spout, and I still have to make a lid and a handle. Tomorrow I'm going to spend all my free periods working on attaching all of these parts together. 

Today in class we read an article about taking advice and listening to others (attached at bottom). I was originally going to scan the paper with my responses but my handwriting was a little ineligible. :-/

Response to article:
I think the article's claim that people often resist the advice of others is completely true. Sometimes it's hard to change your thinking when you are so stuck on one idea. Also, I really like how the article says "you will ultimately be evaluated on what you do and not what you were thinking." This definitely directly applies to my WISE project-- If someone gives me advice on how to change a throwing or glazing technique, I will take their advice because I know it will lead to a better finished product in the end.

We also spent some time in class today talking about Luke's presentation. Luke's presentation was really impressive and well executed. It was very easy going and relaxed-- you could tell that Luke felt comfortable talking to us and that he was having a good time with it. He had a way of engaging the audience and keeping us interested with new information and demonstrations of his harmonica skills. One think that Luke mentioned in the beginning of his presentation was that part of his project was finding fulfillment  I'd like to know how he felt after his project was finished and if he felt that he had reached his goal of fulfillment  Overall, though, I think Luke set the standard really high for the rest of us, and I'm sure it motivated all us WISE students to put in some extra work over the next few weeks!

アドバイス
Adobaisu
Advice

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