Jurassic Park 2

The dinosaurs get loose and kill a couple main characters in the movie but in the end most escape making it a semi happy ending. A well made movie that really makes you question whether or not something like this could actually happen.


Also Wartburg Soccer Went 3--0 this week kicking off conference play with two wins! Next game is saturday at home against Loras.

Go Knights.

Jurassic park

Jurassic Park a movie based on actual or just made up science? In Jurassic Park scientists take the dna code from the blood a mosquito sucked out of a dinosaur, the mosquito was then preserved inside amber. Using this DNA we created dinosaurs, who then are put into the park with the idea of using them as a sort of zoo.

Learner

"To be a successful learner in life you have to be motivated, goal oriented, open-minded, and never stop learning."
Andrew Bell

michael crichton

My blog for some reason didn't post any of my last posts?? So I guess I'll start over we are starting to learn about the science of Michael Crichton, the Jurassic park guy. A couple fun facts about him are that he is freakishly tall and graduated from Harvard medical school.

Schwartz

Schwartz

What are the main goods of education?

            Education is a way to help us live life to the fullest and to our own specific manner. It helps us preserve knowledge and to be creative and find new knowledge.

What does Schwartz have to say about motivation?  How are you motivated?

            He talks about how we are self-motivated especially when we are younger and have fun while learning. However if you add incentive to something we may be more motivated for the moment but odds are that after that we will have little to no motivation to do something with no incentive. I am motivated by doing things that I want to do which means I struggle on days I’m not interested in what the class is doing.

What motivates you to learn?

            My motivation to learn comes from my general curiosity in life. I’m always learning new things everyday so my motivation is constantly trying to learn new things.

How would you likely have reacted to Schwartz’s grade experiment?

            In his grade experiment I would have stayed in the class but I believe I would have been like his other students and prioritized over his class.

Compare and contrast performance and mastery goals.  How would you classify yourself?

            Children with performance goals are primarily interested in gaining favorable judgments of there effort, while mastery goals are more interested in increasing their own effort and outcome. This means people with performance goals look for others approval on things and want to do the minimum amount to get through while mastery goals improve for their own sake. I don’t fall into anyone perfectly I think I belong in either one depending on what I’m doing.

What is the goal of education?

            “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” John Dewey

This quote is not one from our text however I think it sums up very well what Schwartz was saying about education. As students we think of learning as a chore something to get out of the way before we can have fun. This is a sad but very real reality so it should be our goal to reinforce that the goal of education is to be passionate lifelong learners who are willing to take risks to learn new things. The biggest one is to be able to enjoy life to the fullest, which I believe can come from education.

What is the role of schools in educating the public?

            The biggest role of schools to educate people is giving them a place to come and learn in a safe organized manner instead of going through life in trial and error we can learn from other people what they have already learned so we can continue to grow together as on people.

value of educated life

What is the value of an educated life and how does that match to why i'm attending Wartburg?

The value of education and knowledge is priceless in life knowledge is the greatest  possession we can have. education can not only help get us a good job but also help us better understand everyday life in our world and even community. it helps us to better understand our government our economy even our own history so we can learn and not be doomed to repeat it. I am looking forward to the liberal  education I will receive here because I  want to not only learn for my job outside of college I want to learn for the sake of knowledge.