{"id":746,"date":"2016-09-11T15:50:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T19:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/?p=746"},"modified":"2016-09-14T14:05:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:05:07","slug":"what-i-bring-to-the-classroom-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/2016\/09\/11\/what-i-bring-to-the-classroom-6\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Bring to the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like to think that I do well in classrooms that are mainly discussion-based. I usually like the readings, I like to hear different perspectives and interpretations of text, I love to debate on certain issues, etc. But why do I like it so much? What do I bring to a classroom that gives as much as I take?<\/p>\n<p>-Voice. I will always talk if I have something to say. Although that might sounds bad without context, let me explain further. I don&#8217;t mind to be wrong. Ever. In fact, I like it when someone picks a debate with me in a classroom because that means I have to argue my belief\u00a0and it means I hear someone else&#8217;s side. I don&#8217;t try to shut people out when I talk, I try to invite them into the discussion. Being wrong means I learn something new.<\/p>\n<p>-Respect. I will always listen to what other people try to say. I will never think that what I have to say is more important than what you have to say. I will not try to control the discussion, I want everyone to have the opportunity to discuss. Also, even if I disagree with your opinion, I will not go and shut you down immediately. It&#8217;s a classroom. Classrooms are meant for learning. As long as you can back up your claim and are not just playing devil&#8217;s advocate to get participation points, I&#8217;m ok with disagreement in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>-Clarity. A lot of times in a classroom, if someone doesn&#8217;t understand what the professor or other students are saying, they will just stay quiet. I like for the classroom to be on the same page. If I feel that someone has said something particularly confusing, or that the class could benefit from someone rephrasing what they just said, I will gladly speak up and ask for clarification.<\/p>\n<p>I feel confident that I can bring this three things into the library with me every time we have a class. I look forward to what y&#8217;all can bring as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to think that I do well in classrooms that are mainly discussion-based. I usually like the readings, I like to hear different perspectives and interpretations of text, I love to debate on certain issues, etc. But why do I like it so much? What do I bring to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44423,44425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2016","category-reading-reflections","column","twocol"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7RVTr-c2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}