Peer Responses

I learned a lot from the peer response session we had this afternoon, mainly that our lives have many similarities and storylines. We all have a beginning, a middle, and eventually end. We all have experiences of love, joy, heartache, and devastation. We all have experiences of empowerment and defeat. But does this commonality make it any less enjoyable to read and learn about? I'd answer with a big, fat NO! What we did today was what Qualley calls reflective and reflexive learning. We explored our own lives through our reflective essays, but in communing with our peers we reflexively explored how our experiences are alike and different. By applying this new perspective back on our reflective writing, it then becomes reflexive. In essence, it becomes alive!