I think it is really cool how feedback based it seems like this program is. I have never had such a positive experience with it! I have normally had two different experiences with it. Either they are just giving me good advice because they don’t want to call me out on anything, or if they tell me it is bad, they don’t really tell me anything I need to change, they never really tell me what exactly I need to change. So before this class, I didn’t really see the point in really even listening to the feedback. This year, feedback has helped me more than I ever thought it could. I think it is important to not be too defensive and try to take the feedback with an open mind. Even though we created it, it doesn’t mean it is perfect. It is cool to get a fresh set of eye’s opinions and perspective. They often times can see things that we miss. Especially in 185, I really read the comment cards and use them to make my projects the best they can be.
Something in the reading this week stood out to me. It wasn’t really said point blank, but I kind of gathered the information that it is important to find someone whose feedback you can trust. Like a go-to person who you know will be honest with you and give you good ways to improve whatever you are working on. For me, it’s my mom. Even though she is family, I know she is someone I can count on to give me an unbiased opinion. I go to her with everything. I really value her opinion and know that she only wants to help make whatever I am working on the best it can be. But also, the reading kind of talked about not taking peoples opinions too seriously. Don’t lose sight of what you want your masterpiece to look like in the end. Regardless of what other people say, your work is still your work.
I really am going to try to keep these things in mind this last month of school. With this final project, and a few from 185, I am going to need as much feedback as I can get. There are so many insights that other people can give me. Especially with this last project in 112, I need all the feedback I can get. I just need to be open and try not to be too defensive when it comes to my own work.
Cassie, you crack me up.
ReplyDeleteI think you make a good point about how important it is to have a trusting relationship with those people from whom you hope to elicit feedback. I've even seen this evident in classes this semester; there are a few people in my classes that give me very good feedback, but some people do not...at least, I can't trust their feedback because I don't have a real relationship with those people, and I don't know what their motivation for giving me feedback is.
You bring up another good point about not taking feedback too seriously, though. If you let others take over your project, you'll lose all drive to complete it. So finding that balance is our challenge...