My daughter had
an assignment in her AP Lit class in which she was required to ask people who
knew her to describe her in 3 words and provide a short explanation for
the words chosen.
My response to this was as follows:
Word 1: Courageous – because my daughter’s not afraid
to ask people for anything and can take no for an answer without being discouraged.
Word 2: Curious - because as a third grader she
asked me, “Mum, why do teachers address the class saying ‘Boys and Girls’. Why don’t they say ‘Girls and Boys?’”
Word 3: Problem Solving – because as a fourth grader, when I
complained to her about how hard it was to back out of my apartment parking
space safely because of the hummer-like battle-ship of a car parked next to me,
she said “I know - Maybe you could back into your space, or…. if you can’t do
that, you can park so the back of your car is lined up with the back of their
car”.
So here’s my
question to you, readers….
If you had
to describe the people close to you in 3 words, what 3 words would you choose
and why?
Get thinking…
Word 1:
Word 2:
Word 3:
And don't forget to say why for each.
Warning: If
you select 3 words and then wake up in the middle of the night with some completely new
ideas, don’t be surprised!
P.S. Speaking of 3 words, I came
across a thought-provoking article by Salman Khan of Khan Academy in which he
talks about the 3 different ideas that
are in people’s minds when they talk about education (Learning, Socializing and
Credentialing) and why these 3 different
ideas should not be mixed up or linked.
You can read the article here.
P.S. 2: What is the best 3 word
phrase in your opinion? Is it “I Love You”? Look at this list of the 100 Best 3 Word Phrases and decide.
P.S. 3: ABC Good Morning America
launched a program with these words: “If one word can convey a lot about your
state of mind, just think how much three words could reveal. Tell us how your
week was. From the sublime to the ridiculous, nothing's too big or too small to
send in. Write your three words on your palm, cut it out in letters, paste it
(strategically -- and tastefully) over your body. Shoot it with your digital
camera, webcam or cell phone, and upload it
here”. Want to see what ABC viewers
came up with? Check out this link.
P.S. 4: Thanks to Santa Teresa High
for providing material for yet another post. Santa Teresa high
school assignments have been featured in these earlier posts:
On Writing Well by Shantel Chavez
On Writing Well by Gursharan Summan
On the Importance of Language Arts by
John Paraskevopoulos
The Colors of Life by John
Paraskevopoulos
Feet Planted by Gursharan Summan
P.S. 5: Also, the Santa Teresa Girls
Golf Team was covered in The She Victories and the Starbucks preferences of a
cross-section of Santa Teresa High students in What Your Starbucks Drink Says About You.
P.S. 6: I have been featuring Santa
Teresa High students starting March 2011, when I wrote Move Over Michael Burry
(whom I learned about from reading the book The Big Short written by Michael Lewis of Blindside fame).
P.S. 7: As always thanks for reading
and have a great day. Actually, let me rephrase that ….have a stupendous,
amazing, awesome day.
3 comments:
Another well wrirren thought provoking piece, Minoo. Keep 'em comin!
Sorry, 'written'....
Landline was out of order for a week. Probably it was Divine intervention to keep me away from being online.
While reading the post I was flabbergasted because last week I was trying my best to substitute ‘excellent’ and played around with 'stupendous' and 'amazing’ the same words found in your post. Remember I was not even looking for them online.
‘3rd grade’ has something in it…The kids of 3rd grade usually pose such questions ( as mentioned in the post) and I feel their answers will be thought provoking as well.Mine answered in a much matured way…
Coming to 3 words it’s-
Entertainment!*
Entertainment!
Entertainment!
PS:* Courtesy Vidya Balan’s 'The Dirty Picture'.
And Salman Khan hasn’t got anything to do with this.
A/A/A/A
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