4C: REFLECTION 2

Choose any 1 classmate of project 3 that wrote about your same topic in any one component (a World Cities, b Beaches, c Inland Areas) and briefly compare/contrast their choices using the following format in a blog post:

1. Who is your classmate, what is the component category, what is the name of the choice?
Again I chose Rebekah's blog to compare/contrast previous entries because she was the only one that chose the same topics as I did in two separate project components. In assignment 3b, we were asked to compare two different beaches in California; Rebekah and I chose Pebble Beach as one of our comparison topics.
http://rebekah89.blogspot.com/2008/10/3b-beaches.html

2. What is something similar this classmate said about the choice?
Many will agree, as Rebekah and I did that beaches are synonymous to California; when people think of California, they think of warm, sunny beaches filled with people that surf and tan all day. We had several similarities in our Pebble Beach analysis; noting Pebble Beach as a place that draws thousands of tourists year-round with its white sand beach & famous Pebble Beach golf course that hosts several well-known golf competitions each year. Many people go to Southern California because its known for its warm weather and lots of beaches. We also agreed a majority of people view Pebble Beach as a place/"hangout" for the rich and famous(celebrity residents include comedian George Lopez and actor-director Clint Eastwood) and avid golfers. I mean, who doesn't think of going to the beach when its summertime or hot weather?

3. What is something different this classmate said about the choice?
There wasn't really any difference in our opinions about Pebble Beach. In Rebekah's blog, she mentioned Pebble Beach as being business oriented and a rather large town. In terms of relating to business, I mention that Pebble Beach is a corporation owned by a company rather than a city. It is lined with famous golf courses, hotels, and shops. With Pebble Beach being more of a tourist attraction rather than a city, there wasn't a lot of information about Pebble Beach so it was difficult to find differentiating opinions; most of PB are golf courses.

4. How would you relate this to Freire's ideas regarding dialogue? For example, you went in thinking one idea, your classmate had a different idea. What new idea emerged from this process?
Once again we were asked to interact w/our classmates by reading and commenting on each other's blogs; the purpose being to learn from each other and expand our knowledge and diversity. Many of my classmates chose the same topics to compare in different components so they had a lot of different blogs to compare their own to, but Rebekah was the only one that wrote on the same topics as I did in two of my blogs so while I did not diversify my learning through reading different blogs from different classmates, rather I took a more in-depth look at Rebekah's blog. Although we picked the same topic of Pebble Beach and we shared a lot of the same ideas, everyone thinks PB has warm weather, full of rich & famous people, lots of golfers, etc. the way we introduced the information was a little different. I felt I represented PB in a way that readers would understand PB has other things to offer like art galleries, a wildlife reserve, popular Monterey Bay aquarium, a 17 mile scenic drive and visitors even have a chance to go whale watching. Either way I think we both were able to scratch the surface and bring some insight to readers that Pebble Beach isn't just a big famous golf course.