In the second talk of James he discusses how there is always some kind of consciousness going on. He also talks about how there are two areas of consciousness the focal and the marginal, which we move from one to another sometimes without even realizing.
It was hard to find a passage in this chapter that I didn’t want to use but the one that stood out was the passage “ On the other hand, some object of thought, some distant image, may have become the focus of your mental attention even while I am speaking, -- your mind, in short, may have wandered from the lecture; and in that case the sensation of my face and voice, although mot absolutely vanishing from your conscious field, may have taken up there a very faint and marginal place.” (p. 8) The main reason why I chose this passage is because at the time I started to read this passage my mind was starting to wonder. But, this passage captivated me and caused me to reread the whole chapter with a lot more focus.
I know that it is hard for me at times to stay on task but I know for my brother it is extremely difficult. My mom accidently gave me one of my brothers ADHD medications one time. I don’t know exactly how he felt without the meds but if it was anything like what I felt that day with the meds, oh my goodness. It was one the worst days on record for me. I did everything I could possibly think of to stay on task and I couldn’t. Knowing this, how can teachers get their students to stay on task, especially the students who have ADHD?
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