Friday, September 23

Study, study

Monday is my first systematic test, and it's going to be a doozy. It seems that the tests in this class are designed not just to see if you indeed read and comprehended the material, but to see if you went to the next level and put some thought into it. Granted I know this seems to be saying the same thing, but it's not. The difference is in "comprehed." You can comprehend w/o ever thinking about what you're comprehending. The difference is reasoning.

Definitions courtesy of dictionary.com
com·pre·hend (kmpr-hnd)
tr.v. com·pre·hend·ed, com·pre·hend·ing, com·pre·hends
  1. To take in the meaning, nature, or importance of; grasp.
  2. To take in as a part; include.
think (thngk)
v. thought, (thô´t) think·ing, thinks
v. tr.
  1. To have or formulate in the mind.
    1. To reason about or reflect on; ponder: Think how complex language is. Think the matter through.
    2. To decide by reasoning, reflection, or pondering: thinking what to do.
The distinction the test is trying to make is that I not only have taken in the meaning of the material, but also that I have pondered and reflected on it (eg the difference between "the Bible directly speaks to the heart of the reader" and "the word of God immediately touches the reader's heart").

In other systematic news, I spent about 3.5 hrs in the library on campus reading for my reading report the next day. I am proud to say that in 920 minutes I read 359 pages. Hopefully that's enough...

2 Comments:

At Friday, September 23, 2005 7:20:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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At Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:50:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Remember - the value of a class is not always necessarily measured in terms of a letter grade - but rather what you learned. (That's what pulled me throught Shakespeare). That's not what I said when I paid your school bill - but it's definitely how you can comfort yourself when YOU pay your school bill.

 

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