Observation about Observations about Observations

Doug et al.,

You are right, I think. Both kinds of observations should be objective. The ends, however, are different. When you observe a text, you're looking for evidence upon which to build and construe an interpretation. The more objective and specific your initial observations, the more concrete the foundation of your eventual analysis and interpretation. When writing the observations on the Learning Record, however, you also want to start concretely--what did you observe--but the text is yourself. You're trying to, in a sense, mimic Larkin's study of reading habits. The more self-aware you become as a reader and writer and thinker, the more likely you are to notice what needs work and the more likely to discover ways in which to improve those temporarily impoverished areas. Boy, I hope that made sense. Speak again if it doesn't. 

Krzys