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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
My Brain has a different plan...
One of the kinds of noise that we'll learn about in Chapter 1 is psychological noise. That kind of noise includes thoughts that distract you from successful communication. After Chad's story this morning, I had a hard time focusing on teaching my second class, Enriched English 11, right away. I was thinking about a car accident I was in when I was about 19. We were hit in an intersection by a driver we thought had been drinking. Since we were only going a couple of blocks, I hadn't buckled yet; this was the only time in my life I failed to buckle right away. If my now husband hadn't grabbed my head and pulled me down right after the collision, my head would have gone through the window. I kept replaying the incident in my head, and because of that, I was distracted at the start of 2nd block today. That's an example of me experiencing psychological noise. Anytime you've been daydreaming or thinking about later plans/obligations and didn't process what someone was telling you, you were experiencing psychological noise, too.
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Wow. Mrs. Walsh. Thank you for sharing. I can relate as I was in a large crash this summer. check out my blog this week to hear about it. Thank you again. And I'm glad that he saved you that day. You're my favorite teacher I've had(not brown-nosing) and I think you're an amazing teacher, parent, and person. Even on our most distracted days. You are always here to guide us. We owe you more than we say. Thank you :)
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DeleteThank you for this incredibly thoughtful and sincere post. It honestly made me well up a little. I'm not sure what to say besides, Thank you. I'm grateful you were safe from you accident as well.