Archive for month: November, 2014

On Episode of Survivor Jeremy gets backfired for his vote against John’s vote. Instead he gets voted out which was quite a interesting because Jeremy was redeemed Leader of the group. And since the Jeremy is out it is now couples game.

On chapter 2. It is of group development. Each member of the tribes went and developed a certain style of trust, image and enough points of personality to fit in with certain people. But because Jeremy is out it is now more of a open game. Before Jeremy was the leader. They all developed around him and his control. When Josh got out last episode It felt certain that the group development will last that the group who were with Jeremy will keep going with Jeremy. The one thing i did catch however was tension. It is close to the reward time and everyone is now radaring each other on who gets the money. And the way they shook off these tensions were to create alliances and mini alliances with others around them.

When Baylor got the immunity this episode Missy felt control. She wanted to push her and Baylor to the top. And I suspect they will. Missy has been making bold moves for baylor and baylor clings to her mom. But the catch is she is stepping into the radar…….and with the leader Jeremy gone it was more about “performing stages” without a “norming stage”. Meaning it is a hubunkle of mess and free for all matches.

My next prediction…..Keither will get someone out…..why because he is there and he is observing everyone with small talks and sharp eyes.

During this episode of Survivor the players on the show went through a series of events leading to a an unexpected ending. Throughout the episode the Huyopa tribe displayed all of the four categories of group motivation.
After Day 21, the Huyopa tribe came back from tribal council having voted Josh out. This decision left Reed his partner furious and he decided to change the way he was going to play the game. His motivation towards winning Survivor had changed and he was playing to avenge it for his boyfriend. After going to the last tribal council it was evident now that everyone was playing the game of survivor with the main objective of winning no matter the costs. During the reward change the player had to go against each other and literally ‘shake it off’ until one side won. At the end of the challenge the yellow team won but Natalie again decide to switch places with Jon so he could enjoy the reward. Then in-turn, Jeremy did the same and traded so that Jaclyn could go with her boyfriend as well. Everyone was shocked that this trade happened and out of the blue but some were speculating why. Chapter 6 highlights, the four categories of motivation in a group as sense of meaningfulness, choice, competence and progress. Natalie exhibits all of these when she makes the choice to trade the reward up. Sense of meaningfulness because she is motivated to accomplish an alliance, and sense of choice because she had the power and ability to change things up with trading, sense of competence by providing feedback as to the hopes of getting alliance with Jon and Jaclyn groups because she felt the were so great. And lastly a sense of progress because she is helping develop here plan toward winning and celebrating how some did something for her in the past.
While on the yacht Reed sees that this is all a game, and Natalie is motivated by something to do that trade. Later on he exhibits sense of choice and meaningfulness by playing dirty and going through Keith bag to find the clue to an immunity idol and trying to turn others on his side. Jeremy goes to exile island and finds that someone in their tribe, who he speculates to be Jon has an hidden immunity idol so builds a stronger alliance to get him out. At this time every one on the Huyopa tribe is playing survival of the fittest and talking to each other on how they should vote constructively, demonstrating their sense of competence. Baylor wins the next challenge and helps her group brainstorm who to vote out the next tribal council. Jeremy now feels confident because he has given other players of the game useful information to build his alliance. At tribal council there was quick a deliberation on how people were playing the game, so I had no idea who they were gonna vote out. At the end of the day Jeremy doesn’t realize everyone is playing a game and voted him off Survivor. ‘Cause the Players gonna, play, play, play!

I’m now 15 weeks into student teaching and am teaching most of each day. I’ll be honest, I have been finding it difficult to bring my best every day…to be enthused with every lesson and in turn keep students engaged and excited to learn. After the 20th time of teaching a 1st grade phonics lesson, you get pretty tired of making the short vowel sounds and blending 3 and 4 letter words over and over.

I found myself questioning if I could do this every day. BUT I found the solution to be very simple…always always always teach from your heart. If I’m not teaching with love, I may as well not teach at all. I find I am a better teacher when I put love for my students at the forefront of my thought – I’m more aware of their learning and their needs. I find my students are more engaged and receptive when I love them through everything I do.

Not every lesson you teach can be fun and exciting and amazingly creative, but I’ve found I can still teach them from my heart because I recognize they need these lessons and I want to give them what they need. That’s what keeps me going! It may seem fairly simply, but it has had a profound effect for me.

This realization reminded me of a video I came across on Twitter from The Teaching Channel in which a man gives his best advice after 34 years of teaching. Highly recommend it!

The last episode was kind of a cop out because the girl just up and quit so there was no real climax, just tension. The handsome couple are still vying for Jeremy’s neck despite his ignorance and that’s where we left off. I had some expectations that things would change, but nothing drastic so far. The challenge for tacos and brewskis are the division of the group and a directly physical challenge. The team with more men won under the leadership and guidance of Reed, using his loud and confident overseeing voice to push them drowned out Bailor and her unhelpful Go GO GOing that she so loudly expressed. Reed provided construcive and thoughtful aid rather than using adrenaline manipulating ape like shouting which in turn, tired Bailors team out rather quickly and they got sluggish and fell behind. The gay guy makes another attempt on Bailor but she is ruthless in her rejection of Josh, the entitlement of that girl is absolutely stunning. I hope that she gets out, I’m sick of her. Josh is concerned because trust doesn’t mean much at this point so he is worried. On exile, Jon finds an immunity which might be the double edged sword. If he develops overconfidence because of the idol he’s found, his hubris might get him a target on his back. Immunity challenge ensues, no leadership skills are exemplified because it’s individually based, and to Josh’s nightmare, reveals Jeremy to be the winner. I don’t know why Jeremy’s tribe are so ecstatic because if they can’t get Jeremy, they’ll just aim for one of his foot soldiers. This will be crucial, whomever Josh ends up targeting could play a major impact on who votes with who. WOW, a lot of drama just ensued. Bailor who is secretly controlling her mom, who is a total enabler, is going to rescue her daughter yet again. The parenting strategies, which are similar to leadership qualities are seriously lacking in Missy.  Voting time, and unfortunately, all the leadership available can’t quell the hell fury of a woman’s scorn, at the advice of his girlfriend, he turned on the couples. Josh has been voted out.

Dear Class:

Please review the instructions for completing the online module on the following page: http://comm101.jaimiehoffman.com/mock-interview-instructions/.  You can complete it at any time but NO LATER THAN 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26.   This module is worth 40 points.