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Nt1310 Unit 1 Assignment

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Stranger Paper So, for this assignment I stalked (sorry, observed) a girl in my math class. She has blue hair, wears wide glasses and is very unique. (I think she is the only one in the school with blue hair, so you may already know who this is. Oops.) I started observing her on September 3rd, and from day one I got the vibe that she was smart. All the questions Mr. Bonge asked she not only answered, but answered correctly. After a while he even stopped calling on her. Yeah, she was that good. The things he was reviewing weren’t easy either, it was factoring binomials and absolute value. I was lost within the first 5 minutes. But her, no way! She was on top of it. I was impressed. I also noticed that she tapped her finger on the side of her …show more content…

After taking all of my notes, I did some research into movement and memorization. Mo, a writer on scienceblogs.com (2010), summarizes Daniel Casasanto and Katinka Dijkstra’s study of the connection between movement and memory recall as, “...thinking involves creating mental simulations of bodily experiences, and that knowledge is represented by partial re-enactments in the brain which activate the same systems associated with real experiences.” So, by tapping her finger on the side of her face when Mr. Bonge is teaching, she can then recall this information easier by repeating the same action when she needs it. This can be as effective as taking notes for some people, which explains why she opts out of it. This may also show she is deviant from social norms. Apart from not using the usual method of studying, she also shows respect towards the teacher by not packing up her things until he is finished with the lesson. No matter if the rest of the class was doing it, she always waited until he was fully done teaching. Outside of school, this also shows with her choices in appearance and style. For starters, her hair is bright blue. You see muted purple colors often, but not usually a bright blue color. Her backpack is covered with buttons advocating her passion for feminism, which is amazing. The idea of feminism is popular at the moment, but she goes above and beyond by letting people know her passion for it. Lastly, she seems to be interested in what is being taught. Obviously she knows what she is doing in the area of pre-calculus, so there is really no reason for her to answer questions and engage herself in the lesson. Yet she does it anyway. Sure, she could be doing this to show everyone how intelligent she is, but I get the feeling she’s not that kind of girl. And after four days of observing her non-stop, I think that feeling is pretty spot on. (Could that sentence get any

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