This week in Engineering: At the end of last week I was told that I got chosen as a producer. I was pleasantly surprised but also nervous. I knew that it would take a lot of work but I felt that I could handle it. This week I was focused on figuring out my plan of action. While my classmates trained in their guilds, I figured out who I was going to need, what I would need them for and for how long. I really had to think about every little detail so I would be able to communicate that when the hiring process comes around. There weren't really any specific challenges or celebrations that I encountered this week, but at times I did feel overwhelmed by the amount of responsibility I had. But other times I was pretty proud of myself for becoming this leader. Next week is when we start the hiring process. That means that all of the producers will post their job listings and then the specialists will apply and go in for "interviews" to try and get hired. I'm really hoping that I get some good people who will work hard so that my VR world will turn out really good.
This week in English: While I had been taught about propaganda in a previous class, I never really thought about it like I have during this week. It may have been because we went more in depth or it may have because I've become more aware of what's going on around me. I'm not sure. But I found this week's topics of propaganda and double-speak to be very interesting but especially double-speak. I'd like to think that I'm someone who is very aware but reading about double-speak really opened my eyes to how much I could be deceived. Just by a change of words I could accept something that in reality I might be totally against. But then it made me think, have I ever used double-speak without even realizing it? Instead of being the victim of these tools have I ever been the perpetrator? I couldn't think of a time but of course my memory is not perfect...
Honestly since the beginning of this project I have been questioning everything that I have been accustomed to, everything I thought I knew. At first I shut down because I didn't want to think about it. I didn't want to face the idea that I might have to relearn everything that had previously been pretty solid within my mind. But, as the weeks have passed and we have done more and more readings I have found myself more open to this idea of re-learning. I realized that I needed to have a more open mindset so that I could grow and that in the long run it would help me be able to make more informed decisions throughout the rest of my life.
This week in English: While I had been taught about propaganda in a previous class, I never really thought about it like I have during this week. It may have been because we went more in depth or it may have because I've become more aware of what's going on around me. I'm not sure. But I found this week's topics of propaganda and double-speak to be very interesting but especially double-speak. I'd like to think that I'm someone who is very aware but reading about double-speak really opened my eyes to how much I could be deceived. Just by a change of words I could accept something that in reality I might be totally against. But then it made me think, have I ever used double-speak without even realizing it? Instead of being the victim of these tools have I ever been the perpetrator? I couldn't think of a time but of course my memory is not perfect...
Honestly since the beginning of this project I have been questioning everything that I have been accustomed to, everything I thought I knew. At first I shut down because I didn't want to think about it. I didn't want to face the idea that I might have to relearn everything that had previously been pretty solid within my mind. But, as the weeks have passed and we have done more and more readings I have found myself more open to this idea of re-learning. I realized that I needed to have a more open mindset so that I could grow and that in the long run it would help me be able to make more informed decisions throughout the rest of my life.