Group discussion...

I have to admit I didn’t do much research for this reading, other than the usual. A small browsing session on Wikipedia and I also read the story twice. In fact I even forgot to answer some of the questions from the handout. I only focused on the ones I found more interesting and just my luck I didn’t answer any of them during the group discussion.

I learned a lot from my classmates’ points of view. It’s nice to give feedback, discuss and exchange ideas, maybe they caught something I didn’t or vice versa. However I like it more when the teacher leads the class. I felt like the mediator didn’t know much of what we were talking about because he didn’t read the story. Some people can be really shy or they can get scared when they’re put on the spotlight. I felt like it should have been a more free or voluntarily discussion. The pressure of having to answer certain questions made me feel very nervous I almost froze when it was my turn.

I really think we learn a lot more as a class and not as separate teams. I felt like some of my teammates had a lot to say but we had to follow the handout. When the mediator started asking the questions from the handout, I was like “Crap! I didn’t write any answers down” I looked for the answers as I was reading along but I didn’t write anything down, so I had a hard time formulating proper answers and then when I wanted to say something it was time to move to the next question. I kept looking at the clock waiting for the Inquisition to be over, that’s how I actually felt. I’m really looking forward to going back to our “normal” class this Friday.    =)