Jerome Bruner.... God I just want to go home!

     In my "Blogging, E-text, and Me" class we learned about several theorists of the blogging and writing world. Out of all of them, Jerome Bruner influenced me the most. He valued identity but knew it wasn't understood. He emphasizes the idea that we are defined by our language. For example, you would be defined by your language if the grammar codes you learned at 2 or 3 didn't work when you went to school. You would be an outsider because of your language and thus defined by it. Bruner made me reflect upon my own language and the tone, vocabulary and slang I use and how my choice of words give a certain impression to people. I wondered how I would feel or act if I moved to another country that had a foreign language.
      Bruner also discusses the internet and how it provides public judgment to our individual identity like how many people "like" our status on Facebook or how many friends do we have on Myspace or how many followers do we have on Twitter? Bruner states that status or academic pedigree doesn't matter on the web and that people create extensions of themselves on the internet. He believes hat social networking glorifies the individual. Bruner caused me to reflect on my own Facebook page and whether it really glorifies myself or if it just plain embarrasses me. Will I look back on the page when I'm 50 and be proud? All I know is that I looked at my old Myspace page from when I was 14 a few weeks ago and wanted to strangle my 14 year old self, I was such an annoying little brat.
     Bruner states that education also constructs our identity. He elevates discussion over lecture and believes that educational knowledge is created by citizens as opposed some bank where you just reiterate the information onto a piece of paper. I like Bruner approach to education and how citizens create knowledge. I think his ideas would influence our current education system in a positive way. He influenced the way I view education. I used to just think that the teacher just makes you memorize facts and reiterate them, but now I think it's about creating meaning to something as a group and it's about going deeper into a topic using team work.

Thank you, Bruner, for your input, but I think it's time we spend some time apart because frankly, I'm sick of you.

A post dedicated to my love

Oh, ramen noodles, how I love thee. What is about ramen that makes it so damn appealing to college students? Here's a list (in no particular order)
1. Cheap as dirt
2. Quick and easy to make (if you don't have a crappy microwave in your dorm like myself)
3. Tastes awesome
4. Endless Possibilities

Endless possibilities you ask? Check out these ramen based recipes. http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/12/01/100-awesome-ramen-recipes-for-starving-college-students/
Don't have a microwave? Just get a bag, break and smash the ramen, sprinkle the flavor powder in the bag, and you have a delicious snack... maybe not so delicious but beggars can't be choosers, right?