Thursday, September 30, 2010

Class Room Dynamics


The other day I was sitting in my Philosophy having the best discussion I have yet to have all semester. It was riveting and exciting and productive. As we debated “what law is” I looked around the room and realized just why my class was going so well.... That one girl who sits in the back – wasn’t there. 

Everyone knows that girl. The girl who doesn’t read for class, but thinks she has all the insight. She asks questions by saying “Wait… I think I heard somewhere that umm…  but I don’t know I may be wrong but ummm idk… what do you think?” or asks brilliant questions like “wait what does officer’s mean?” She inhibits your learning and doesn’t seem to understand how the whole class is not revolving around her weekend plans.

I wonder what goes through her heads, but more importantly I wonder what goes through my teacher’s head. I noticed that day in particular that every time she raised her hand he rolled his eyes – which gave me hope that at least he noticed it too.

Classroom dynamics can make or break a class. In this case one person was able to  brake it. But at the same time I have been fortunate enough to have had many classes with great dynamics. It makes me wonder if in a perfect world we could not only choose our teachers but also our classmates. 

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