I have always enjoyed participating in Saturday Six at Patrick’s Place. It seemed for awhile there that he was perhaps taking a blogging break…but now he is back with a brand new look and some great questions and what I always loved the most – his links to interesting personality tests.

1. If you had to fill in as a substitute teacher at a local middle school, what subject would you be most comfortable teaching? Health. Do they still have that or have they renamed it???  Oh well. I would definitely feel more comfortable teaching it or at least backing the committee to get it re-instated as a subject due to my background in developmental psychology (human growth and development). Math would be a negative…or is that a positive…or is it only a positive when there are two negatives?????
2. When you were in school, what was a better indication of your true understanding of what you were learning: class participation, the accuracy of your homework, or your test scores? For me it would have to be my class participation – which is why I never participated – which is why I never really was the best of students – even into my first two years of college. However, it is this experience that has shaped my teaching philosophy as a college professor. I don’t allow note taking in my classes. I want my students to be engaged in the topic I am presenting. It is also why I do an exam review – I must admit I pretty much hand them the test during this review – however, I am confident that through my lectures and their participation in the discussions that they have learned far more than any test score could represent.
3. If you meet someone for the first time and have a brief conversation with them. If you run into them the next afternoon, how likely are you to remember their name? Our ability to place information into our short term memory relies on four factors: interest, intent to remember, understanding, and background information. Therefore, my ability to remember someone’s name would definitely depend on those four factors. So it would be hard to say as it would vary with each encounter.
4. Take the quiz: Do You Have Gaps In Your Knowledge?

There Are 1 Gaps in Your Knowledge

Where you have gaps in your knowledge: Art Where you don’t have gaps in your knowledge: Philosophy ReligionEconomics Literature History Science

Do You Have Gaps in Your Knowledge?

 5.  If you had ‘gaps’ in your knowledge, did you expect to have them where they were predicted? I expected more in the areas of economics and science. Art was a surprise considering I teach in the Humanities and Social Sciences area.

6. If you could go back to school for one semester free of charge and ‘try again’ with any subject, which one would you choose and why? Philosophy. I enjoyed it my first year of college but I was too involved with going to the beach and the ‘Rathskeller‘ to really give it the attention it deserved.

This was the quiz from last week that I thought would be fun:

What kind of blogger are you?

You Are a Life Blogger!

Your blog is the story of your life – a living diary.If it happens, you blog it. And you make it as entertaining as possible.You may be guilty of over-sharing a bit on your blog, but you can’t help it.Your life is truly an open book. Or in this case, an open blog!

What Kind of Blogger Are You?

Yup. That’s me. Hope you have fun with these two quizzes and link back if you did them!!