Tag: reflective writing

Week 6 – Know Thyself | Now you have hit a nerve, Prof Green!

Old Dog/New Tricks In listening to Lecture 11.4, I was silently agreeing with the idea that a two year old probably cannot will to change his/her behavior, when I was struck by a sentence further on which stated that we may lose the ability to change the way we behave as we get older. Now that is…

April 14, 2013
Week 5 – Know Thyself | The adaptive unconscious – my brain is a computer with programs running in the background

My favorite novel of all time is Jane Eyre I found it interesting when I saw that Jane Eyre was mentioned in the title of one of the lectures, and now I must say that the fifth week of Know Thyself has made me even more glad that I am participating in this adventure! Prof…

April 8, 2013
Week 4 – Know Thyself | Was that a Freudian slip?

For my generation, learning about Freud and Freudian slips was an eye-opening experience We were pretty innocent of the ways of the world even as college students, so Freud’s ideas were very startling and, as such, really had an impact. Once one learns about Freudian slips, they seem to be a constant theme of life that…

April 1, 2013
Everybody blogs—but who on earth reads them?

A very good question? My blogs are more an online journal for me to record things that I find interesting, but I have to admit that I do check the stats once in a while to see if anyone is reading them. I was thinking and talking about blogs for almost the entire day yesterday.…

September 28, 2010
Did comics turn you into a juvenile delinquent?

I remember so well all the commotion in the 50’s about comic books ruining the young generation. Of course, like most kids I was completely addicted to them – haunting the news stands until the next issue appeared. My parents also often voiced opinions that rock-and-roll music would last only a couple of years before…

July 7, 2010
How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying – Amazon Kindle Blog

You know I love my Kindle! Below is a post from the Kindle Blog that I really enjoyed. Laughter is such good medicine, and all this technology is so much fun. How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying 12:09 PM PDT, April 8, 2010 New to Kindle this week just in time for Mother’s…

April 14, 2010