Blogging Around

Leanne's "What if?" post was about what she imagined would happen to the world if boys were in charge. This was my response:

Leanne- 

I loved reading your blog! It was entertaining, and I could almost hear your voice in my head as you went on about boys and all they things they care about. I loved the part about how boys don't understand that you can't wear black pants with a blue shirt. It's totally true! Your post was one of the most interesting that I've read in awhile, and, being someone who wrote about short stories for that blog post just like almost everyone else, I really admire your creativity!

-Kate

I also read Jamie's blog. She wrote a post about the importance of collaboration and the potential role it could take in our education system, which I found really thought-provoking.

Jamie-

I found your post really interesting. I completely agree that, in some ways, judging our collaborative skills would be a more fair assessment than an in-class essay or some other form of test. I know that my dad always talks about how important collaboration is in his job, and I think we should be taught how to collaborate the right way, so we're prepared for the real world. 

Like you said, collaboration is difficult to judge, and a perfect system of evaluation hasn't been developed yet, as far as I know. I'd like to think, though, that educators are trying to find a way to teach and evaluate this essential life lesson. 

Anyways, I really enjoyed reading what you had to say about the topic!

-Kate