Book Talk Blog: Team 2 - A Whole New Mind

A Whole New Mind first discusses the left brain and right brain where we determined what kind of thinkers we are based on the left and right brain. This then related to the six characteristics that one needs in order to succeed in life according to the book. These six characteristics are design, empathy, symphony, play, story, and meaning. These characteristics can easily relate to the teaching profession. These characteristics are all very different but equally important. Students should be well rounded like these characteristics are.

I really liked how the group presented their information. I liked the activities that we completed for each of the characteristics. I especially liked the fill in the comic bubbles on the comic strips. It was a fun activity to see what everyone would come up with for the same comic strips. I appreciate that they used actual activities from A Whole New Mind. It seems like a good book to read, and I like how they mentioned that it wasn't really in a text book form but in more of a novel form. I think I could enjoy reading a book such as this because I tend to shy away from reading books in text book forms.