Class Notes 8/29/16

Threads – All threads will weave and connect together at some point
- Juvenile Justice/Injustice (Content)
- Listening (Content and Skill)
- Telling stories (Content and Skill)
- Origins and Identity (Content)
- Writing (Content and Skill)
Parallel: Transition from High School vs Transition into the system
- In and out of different communities

What’s the difference between listening to a podcast, reading an article, and exploring a page?

Listening
- Distractions
  - Some took notes to stay focused
    - Also: helps with discussion
  - Some took no notes
    - Remembered the big moments, memory gets skewed
      - “Proud of kids” vs “Proud of work”
    - Repetition helps
      - Reinforces what you listen to
  - Train of thought would go in different directions
    - End up missing key moments and have to rewind
  - No body language or facial expressions to dissect
  - Some moved while listening
    - Stillness allows the mind to wander
- More relatable
  - Can hear, can understand
    - Emotions, able to connect better
    - Similar to a conversation
  - Reading is more bland
    - “The soul is contained in the human voice”
      - The voice contains you
      - Not just an idea, a person
      - A level of closeness
      - Knowing someone is knowing their voice
        
        Unique and Individual
      - StoryCorps
        
        More personal than writing
        
        Missing tape
        
        Blind/Deaf
        
        Different kind of voice
        
        Highlight (two minutes)
Voice
- Written voice versus spoken voice
  - Writing is an unnatural act
  - Very hard to overcome not being read to as a child
    - Turning the page
    - Picture books, then words
      - Progression
- Lower literacy rate in the juvenile center
  - More likely not to graduate

What was the homework?

Options for Summary

No one asked why
- Key part of class, summary for class would be different from high school
“Supposed to”
- Fear of a lower grade
- What are grades?
  - Effort / Hard work
    - Progression, Continuing to try or improve
    - Extra Credit
      - Reward or opportunity to catch up
  - How well you remembered what you learned
  - How well you applied what you learned
  - Syllabus
    - Assignments (80%)
    - Citizenship points (20%)
      - Work ethic and participation
      - Able to argue for citizenship points
        
        Mid-terms, how you feel you’ve been as a citizen
      - How people learn in communities- we all need each other to share and ask questions
        
        Constructing knowledge together with different perspectives and coming from different viewpoints
      - Switch roles as listeners and speakers

Example of Class Critiques
- Professor reads piece (Class Policies)
- What does the voice sound like?
  - Objective- no pronounce
- What does “supposed to be” mean?
  - The audience is the Professor
    - Generally speaking, the assignment should be objective
  - Preconceived notions of “the Teacher.”
  - Preconceived notions of what a summary should sound like
    - Where did these come from?
  - Office Hours
Summaries
- Background
  - Audience does not know what
  - Objective vs Personal
Assignment Tab
- Assignment Instructions
  - Point Value

Announcements

Friday (9/2): Meet at the Commons @ 2:30 forBon Air Fingerprints; Return at 5

There will be downtime, bring homework if you want

Allyson Charleston says:

August 29, 2016 at 7:59 pm

Our discussion today was really interesting because, for me at least, it really made us delve into what really constitutes an education. We can pass in an assignment and receive a high grade but do we actually learn valuable things? Is the assignment an accurate representation of the knowledge we have acquired? Is that grade the end all be all for the knowledge we have gained from a certain course?

It was clear that we all had these preconceived notions that have been developing nearly our entire lives as we have gone through elementary school, middle school, and high school. But today we got to talk about what it all means; why do we think or act the way we do when it comes to being taught?

We also discussed the importance of the human voice which was really fascinating. One of the most interesting things I heard regarding this topic was that, “each frequency analysis of a voice is like a fingerprint; each one is unique.” I can’t wait to see how this becomes real as we visit the males in the juvenile detention center because we get to hear each of their lives and souls through their voices. I believe it will be unlike anything any of us has ever experienced before.

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