What I Learned From Your Book

Essay flow means no break in the story plot. A disjointed narrative threatens a fiction essay, and as a side note, absolutely fatal in GP essays (Immediate failure).

The article by Manzano et al, "The psychophysiology of flow during piano playing" attempts to conduct empirical research to validate physiological responses to the concept of flow. Flow is the notion that there are certain exercises that people engage in which are so demanding and enjoyable that their attention level is lowered, and a cognitive form of expertise takes over so that they lose awareness of time and self-consciousness while achieving a high degree of proficiency at that activity. The flow state is defined within the article as one which combines a high state of arousal with a positive valence (Manzano et al, 2010, p. 302).

I am planning to write a paper for my Key Assessment Task # 3: Representing My Inquiry, because coming from a Psychology major, I am someone who highly enjoys writing research papers. I often experience flow during these moments. Flow or the “zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity—complete absoprtion” (Wikipedia, 2017, para. 1). Writing research papers is also one of my known strengths throughout high school and university. Therefore, currently, at this stage I am extracting relevant information from the sources. I have a few more articles extract information from and then I will move to the four

FLOW: We continuously try to establish a flow between values added processes. A value added process must not be hindered by a process which of no value. If possible, non-value added processes must be done in parallel.

In chapter 5, Pink presents Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. At the age of twenty-two, Csikszentmihalyi moved to the United States to study psychology. He registered at the University of Illinois-Chicago and earned a Ph.D. in nine years after moving to the United States. Csikszentmihalyi set up an experiment with the electronic pager to study what he called “autotelic experiences” which is the objective of self-fulfillment and the endeavor acts as is its own incentive. The outcomes from the experiment led to the finest moments of flow: “The highest most satisfying experiences in people’s lives were when they were in flow” (112). The thought of flow is important to mastery because goals are strong and an individual is engaged as people in flow is

Flow can be seen in the sense of being in a sense of ecstasy of being out of reality. You are knowing what needs to get done and your also the person that knows how to get this thing done. Your in a place were you do not worry about whats going on and more focused on the sense of having fun and being motivated to let this sensation go by. If you are in flow then time will go by as if nothing has happened. Hours go by as if they are minutes and you feel as if you are going on by as if you are stuck in time. My activity were I see flow going by in a way were I am fully engaged in activity is playing basketball. While playing basketball I experience flow to the full effect.

I haven’t wondered what it would be like to be a sixteen-year-old kid and kill people for a living. This book explains it perfectly though. In the beginning of my book Ben (I will refer to him as Ben because we don’t know his real name yet and it is his fake name later in the book) goes into a different friend’s dad because he was told to. Later in the book Ben is given the task to kill the mayor of New York. Connecting The James Bond theme to Ben, Hit me with your best shot to Sam, and Domo arigato Mr. Roboto to Ben.

Learners learn in different ways, and teachers teach differently. For a long time I’ve been used to a lesson, a worksheet, and a quiz to end end the unit. Being put in Mrs. Meeks class was different and something that I had to get used to, and still am getting used to. Daily Evaluations and book reviews have taught me about responsibility, and have made me think deeper than I was before when reading and writing.

“Academics have researched and documented flow-related experiences for decades, with many repeatedly linking it to a number of positive outcomes for adolescents, including academic improvements in high school, improved self-esteem, and decreased levels of anxiety” (Glynn).

[]In “Finding Flow” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi explores the idea of what it means “to live” (544). Csikszentmihalyi compares living with his idea to flow. Throughout the “Finding Flow” excerpt, Csikszentmihalyi discusses the idea of flow is to have a clear and concise goal, provide immediate feedback, and to balance skills and action opportunities (548).

The article by Manzano et al, "The psychophysiology of flow during piano playing" attempts to conduct empirical research to validate physiological responses to the concept of flow. Flow is the notion that there are certain exercises that people engage in which are so demanding and enjoyable that their attention level is lowered, and a cognitive form of expertise takes over so that they lose awareness of time and self-consciousness while achieving a high degree of proficiency at that activity. The flow state is defined within the article as one which combines a high state of arousal with a positive valence (Manzano et al, 2010, p. 302).

“Nobody’s Perfect” is a realistic fiction book written by Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney. This story has been told from the point of view of a deaf girl named Megan who was getting everything the way she wanted. Her house was filled with everything purple… purple invitations, purple cake, purple food, purple clothes, and purple balloons. Everything is going perfect until Ms. Endee announces that there is a new girl in their class named Alexis Powell. All 12 girls are invited except Alexis. “She’s practically perfect ... She is smart, pretty and good with a soccer ball”, Meghan thought. But, Meghan figures out that Alexis is acting strange every time she talks to her. For example she never looks at Megan directly at her face, and every time Meghan

I am reading A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray and I am on page 116. This book is about a 17-year-old girl named Marguerite Caine or Meg who was raised by brilliant physicist. While her parents and her sister Josie were science freaks she was the odd one by having a passion for art. Meg’s parents invented the Firebird, a device that allowed people to jump through different dimensions. Once the device was completed one of the helpers Paul was accused of killing Meg’s father then running off. Meg is now on a mission to hunt Paul down and seek her revenge.

Cardae- he did an excellent job of recalling all the animals in the story. He even remembered the last one was a little boy. I thought that he did an excellent job of filling out the chart. He drew pictures and talked about the story. His details lined up and his pictures matched what he was saying.

Pieces of literature that force the reader to take a step back and grasp what has been said is a great form of understanding and analyzing a piece as a whole. This can be seen when reading, Toni Cade Bambara’s, 1972, “The Lesson,” as it displays as a heroic short story. This short story catches the attention of the audience as the language used throughout the story can be depicted as broken English. This makes it more difficult for the reader to understand what is being said and slip out of the context. “The Lesson,” is told from the point of view of a girl named Sylvia, who takes the reader through the average events of her life with her friends, and the dreaded Miss Moore. Miss Moore had moved onto the same block as Sylvia and her family, and was quickly