Managing Change

I really liked reading the story "Who Moved My Cheese?" It gave such a good perspective on change while showing different perspectives that people have on change and how different people deal with change.

After reading it and thinking about it I have come to think that I am a mix between Sniff and Haw. I think that I stay aware of small differences that may lead to change, that I can somewhat sniff out the situation. But when it comes to the actual change occurring, I see it, understand it, but like Haw, I may be a little more slow at accepting that change. It really depends on the situation and what that change might be. I am prepared for multiple changes that will hopefully occur soon in my life, but there may be other changes that I may not be so accepting.

Today in class my teacher, Sean, told us that he had changed the syllabus and our grades are going to be calculated differently with the majority of the points coming from participation/attendance. He then walked out of class.

I personally like the change. I have been doing the readings and writing my blog posts and I participate in class when I feel that I have something to share.

This is not really something that I saw coming, I have never had a teacher change a syllabus to this extent in the middle of the semester, but I am not opposed to this change. It made me think back to the reading that we had to do of "Who Moved my Cheese?" In the case of this change I feel like I am Scurry. I quickly ran to the new cheese and I appreciate it. I think it is really good cheese and at this point I am really hoping that it is not a temporary change to make a point on the week we are to discuss change. Although, if that were to happen I would go find the new new cheese and adapt quickly. :)

It has been interesting today as Sean left the classroom and students didn't know what to do. That had never happened before. Some wanted to stay, in case he came back, and others quickly packed their things and left. Now people have been posting things on Facebook about grade changes and how they are not sure if they like this change and how they don't know what is going on. I know that things will work out. Sean told us on the first day of class that this is "a no stress class" and that we will all get A's if we do what we need to do. I feel like I'm doing what I need to do and I don't have anything to worry about.