Metacognition: Jane Eyre Assignment

During the past week Dylan and I had been writing and thinking about the Jane Eyre assignment almost every day. Working with a like-minded person on a thought-driven project is very enjoyable because you can build off each others ideas. Going into the project I was worried that making a dialogue would be difficult keeping all the other requirements in mind. I was surprised when we started writing that it was relatively easy. The conversation flowed, the ideas came quickly, and we even created characters (or applied their existing personality). The thoughts were very linear, one built off the previous ones. At the end there was very little to add because everything had fallen together during the process of writing it, straight through. It was a very effective use of time. Working through the whole thing only took a couple hours, and it was not a boring use of time because Dylan and I had an interesting discussion. Mostly we agreed, and I think we were both surprised at how easy the writing was. It was fun to try to make each character have a different voice, or a different role in the conversation, and to keep their separate beliefs in mind throughout the whole discussion. When we reached the end, there was still so much we felt we could continue with, which I think is a hallmark of an effective discussion. Our thoughts worked well together separately and working in tandem, no thinking strategies need to be devised... we used the most effective way of thinking for both of us.