PanWHO? lol…
May 24, 2008 by jgreer
Whoo! First let me say that this has been the longest three weeks of my life and I am glad Maymester is over, but I’m gonna miss everybody this one week we’re out!…
OK, I’m writing my blog on our cohort name. Like I said in class, I was with Ashley because when I thought of Pangea I thought of something breaking apart. I had spoke my point on Urbtopia as much as I could without speaking negatively about Pangea. When we first started doing the consensus process I really loved it, but by the time we got to two names I was frustrated with it!! I felt like everything I could say about Urbtopia had been said, I was tired, and I was frustrated so I pulled back from the conversation. I wanted to see if anybody else was backing Urbtopia than just myself. I would like to send a shout out to Ashley,Anna, and Jessica O. for holding down Urbtopia 
! Anyway I got even more frustrated with the process when it was a problem for me to disengage but it was also a problem for me to dig my feet in the sand and not let go of Urbtopia. I just want to say that me disengaging from the process doesn’t mean that i didn’t care about our cohort name because if I didn’t care I wouldn’t have fought for Urbtopia the way I did! When we were going back and forth I felt like I was in the Obama and Clinton Democratic Primary!lol…First everybody was supporting Urbtopia, then it went to Pangea, then everybody was leaning back to Urbtopia…I thought the Super delegates Brian,Rhina, and Vera were going to have to decide which name would win! lol…Anyway I was very touched at the letter that the Dr.s Williams wrote to us and the personalized quotes they gave us!! I know we’ll all see each other in a week but we won’t be in their class anymore!…well not this summer anyway! 
…See you guys next Monday…& don’t forget to turn in your Synthesis papers! lol
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Jessica,
I can definitely understand your frustration. It was a very difficult process. I think it was even more difficult because it is not a system we are used to. At one point I would have done anything to just vote and get it over with. I think the struggl that we had in class today will be representative of the struggle we may encounter in the classroom as we try to implement new things and “erridicat the status quo.” Not only did I learn a new way of doing things, but it was also a lesson in patience. I am still working on mastering the latter skill, but every lesson is beneficial in the process of change.
Hi Jessica, oops… I wanted to let you know that I responded to your comment on my blog, under your comment. Please know that I did not mean to hurt your feelings and I was not meaning to speak for others at all. Please go and read my response.
Although I wasn’t as stuborn, I also wished our name would have become “Urbtopia.” But, we only had ten minutes to decide, so I just stopped voting and let the ones that were switching back and forth take over. I was behind each name at that point! Although it’s not the name I wanted, I apprecicte the conversations that went in to deciding it.
I also thought the letters and quotes Dr.s Williams gave us was heartwarming. I plan on keeping them forever…they will be laminated and hung in my classroom!!
The process was long and drawn out. I am glad it is over. I like the name.
yeah I think I will frame the letter and keep it hung in my class because I know there will be some hard days and the letter was very uplifting!!