PLN week 5-2

This week I read an article called "Innovation Overload" by Will Richardson, what I thought mattered from that articled is the subject of being open or close minded about certain things.

This article was about how this guy and how uncomfortable he was talking in front of a big crowd, when he talks about certain topics and how they react and what he thinks about their reactions. It is interestinghow people react to certain subjects and how some get upset about what people have to say, because that person is so close minded. I think going in to listen to someone who is expressing their opinion in a speech you have to be open minded to what they have to say. Going in close minded I think does nothing for a situation and no progress is made.

I think I could say that I am a pretty open minded person and don't really make my mind up about something before I know more or get others points of view. Another thing that comes to mind when I think about open or close minded people is how close minded people seem to get more heated over things than open minded people. One of the things I don't get about being close minded is how do you expect to do things when you think of everything as one way and that everything is this way, I just don't see improvement on any thing when someone is close minded. Another thing that I think of when it comes to this subject is the topic of choosing sides. Me, I know I don't like to choose sides and think of things in only one way because there are a lot of ways that things can be looked at and we are all different and we all look at thing in different ways.

In my U.S. History class when we study the history of the U.S. my teacher open things up for us and tells us to look at things in other countries persepectives. I think that perspective is a big word for an article like this, it is good that she has us thinking like that. If you think about it the U.S. is not very liked by other countries and some people don't understand why and I think that is because they really haven't studyed what the U.S. has done in other countries eyes or side of things.