One of the hardest things about doing one book a semester with my faculty and staff is dividing up a books chapters while keeping the reading to a minimum. I didn't realize that this was one of the larger reading sections till I sat down to do the reading. The best part, everyone else in the group did the same thing. The silver lining.... it was such a good bunch of reading for this week's assignments. I found myself having more thoughts and ideas than I did questions. Which sometimes happens. I'm going to do my best to share with you some of the questions I had before, during and after we met this week.
Have a great weekend,
Magpie
Page 35 had one of those laugh out loud moments of the book for me. I had the mental image of Susan avoiding the hi-five at the door and knew that moment so well from my own life. Have you ever avoided a forced moment like that in your life?
On page 38 Cain explains how the meeting exercise implies that every "encounter" is a high stakes game in which we win or lose the other persons favor, is this true? Is it okay to be the kind of person when meeting someone new is meek and mild? Is it okay to be the kind of person that is overly gregarious when meeting new people?
Was Tony Robbins as a salesman the best example to give?
Why do we so often equate leadership with hyperextroversion?
If you are an introvert, do you consider yourself a "bitter introvert" like Don Chen?
Has Harvard made extroversion their version of teaching to the test?
Does Harvard push their students to succeed or simply be in the "in" crowd?
How do you see yourself or others trying to gain control of being social by using social media outlets?
Do team events or situations push introverts to succeed or at least be inspired by their surrounds?
Do you often see verbal abilities rewarded in your workplace over originality or insight?
Does electronic brain storming work because it still allows participants to be isolated?
Do you think your job suits your temperament? If not, what could you do to change things?
As a result of what you have read what changes are you making with family, friends, colleagues, or students?
Friday, September 27, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Quiet Reading Assignment II
This week we will be reading pages 34-96 and it should be another interesting discussion. Below are some interesting links that the group sent in so I'm sharing with ya'll.
Magpie
Magpie
The
first comes from Monday’s group:
The
fallacy of an online persona came up on Tuesday and this great video was shared.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E83Xv2z0uQo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E83Xv2z0uQo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
These two articles and the second of the two refers back to the
Huffington Post article above!
Friday, September 13, 2013
Quiet pages xi - 33 reading questions
I love when I read a book and I totally think I know where I stand on a subject only to be totally wrong. Well, Quiet has done that for me. If you would ask anyone I know or even me for that matter, I would tell you without a doubt that I was an extrovert. Boy, was I wrong. After reading just 33 pages I've come to see that I actually identify more with the introverts of the world that I do the extroverts. So I have a feeling this is going to be a good book for me to learn new things about myself!
I hope you are enjoying the book and learning new things about yourself, your students, family, and co-workers.
Magpie
On page 2 Cain asks the reader: "What else can quiet do that we don't give it credit for?"
At the top of page 3 Cain gives a few brief examples of things that introverts and extroverts are likely to do. Do you agree/disagree?
Have you discussed the book and the subject matter with others? What was their reaction? Are you tempted to give them the book to test themselves?
Do you feel we often make people conform to be an extrovert? How? Why?
Do you see people in your workplace pushed into a more extroverted personality? Are the parties who have changed rewarded for changing their ways? Do you even find yourself pushing others or yourself to be more extroverted?
Again, on pages 10 and 11 more examples of the two groups are given. Do you find yourself beginning to question who/how you have always been?
Based on the quiz on pages 13 and 14, do you think you're an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? Are you an introvert in some situations and an extrovert in others? What about other people in your life?
Cain spends a great deal of time discussing the changes that occur after the turn of the century leading the US in particular to being more of an extroverted society due to technology, travel, advertisements, etc. Do you think we will ever see a shift back to a time when introversion will be more rewarded and appreciated?
As the book continues, do you think Cain will discuss how a person's birth order plays a role in their development in becoming and Intro/Extrovert?
I hope you are enjoying the book and learning new things about yourself, your students, family, and co-workers.
Magpie
On page 2 Cain asks the reader: "What else can quiet do that we don't give it credit for?"
At the top of page 3 Cain gives a few brief examples of things that introverts and extroverts are likely to do. Do you agree/disagree?
Have you discussed the book and the subject matter with others? What was their reaction? Are you tempted to give them the book to test themselves?
Do you feel we often make people conform to be an extrovert? How? Why?
Do you see people in your workplace pushed into a more extroverted personality? Are the parties who have changed rewarded for changing their ways? Do you even find yourself pushing others or yourself to be more extroverted?
Again, on pages 10 and 11 more examples of the two groups are given. Do you find yourself beginning to question who/how you have always been?
Based on the quiz on pages 13 and 14, do you think you're an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert? Are you an introvert in some situations and an extrovert in others? What about other people in your life?
Cain spends a great deal of time discussing the changes that occur after the turn of the century leading the US in particular to being more of an extroverted society due to technology, travel, advertisements, etc. Do you think we will ever see a shift back to a time when introversion will be more rewarded and appreciated?
As the book continues, do you think Cain will discuss how a person's birth order plays a role in their development in becoming and Intro/Extrovert?
Friday, September 6, 2013
My 2013 - 2014 Reading List
So what I've decided to do is share all the books that I'll be reading for "work" this year so should you want to check back for discussion questions or just to get my humble opinion of the books you can! So here we go:
As you know my Faculty/Staff group will be reading Quiet by Susan Cain this fall, but this spring we'll also be reading The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
My Freshman Student Group will be reading:
September 16: There is No Dog - Meg Rosoff
October 21: Lifemobile - Jonathan Rintels
November 18: The Cradle - Patrick Somerville
February 10: The Personal History of Rachel Dupree - Ann Weisgarber
March 24: Serena - Ron Rash
April 21: The Universe Versus Alex Wood - Gavin Extence
And the Student Organization will be reading:
September 17 : Maine- J. Courtney Sullivan
October 29: Winter Girls- Laurie Halse Anderson
November 19: Casual Vacancy - J.K Rowling
January 21: We the Animals- Justin Torres
February 18: Girls in White Dresses- Jennifer Close
March 25: The Ocean at the End of the Lane- Neil Gaiman
April 21: The Universe Versus Alex Wood -Gavin Extence
This fall I'm also going to work with some other campus entities to do a campus event tied to the book and the new upcoming movie 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. But more on that later......
Magpie
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