[Questions] A Whole New Mind - pg. 54-61

1) What surprised you?
It was surprising to know that MFA and the new MBA. I was surpised that the number of graphic designers had increased and that some 240 US universities have established creative writing MFA programs. Also it was interesting to find out that one North London football club even has its own poet in residence to inspire the rest of its staff.

2) What did you already know?
I was aware of the fact that if you don't do well on aptitude tests, everywhere you turn the access routes to success in our society are blocked. I have also heard of the number of registered male nurses increasing.

3) Any new words? Provide definitions.
cinch: a firm hold
credentials: evidence of authority, status, rights
litigious: argumentative
rapport: relation; connection
curators: the person in charge of a museum

4) What changes will you make as a result of reading this?
I want to know more about graphic designing. I think it very interesting, because you are not only using a traditional designing method, but you are using the new technology to do it.

5) What questions has this left you with?
-If IQ accounts for 4 to 10 % of career success, how much does EQ affect career success?

6) What connections have you made to real life?
"In elementary school, we assess children's IQs. Later on, we measure their skills in reading amd math-then plot their scores against children from the rest of the state, the country, and the world. By the time kids arrive in high school, they're preparing for the SAT, the desert they must cross to reach the promised land of a good job and a happy life."

When I read this little part, I could relate to this so much that I underlined the whole thing.

7) Additional comments.
It was really really interesting to read about the Rainbow Project where they give students five blank New Yorker cartoons and make them create humorous captions.

http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct03/college.aspx
This is a link to more description about the Rainbow Project.