Monday, March 25, 2013
Tonight's Dicussion/Activity
I felt like tonight was a great way to understand different views. We not only got to hear these views, but we also got to discuss in our small or large groups (depending on the sentence at hand) with those who were from different majors. There were a few times it almost seemed like it was majors against majors, or nearly that. I believe it was this was due to the ways we have been taught. Through education, we have been taught to break down the sentence in a different way. For example, "Deafness does not simply cause an inability in human communication," those of us from education or CD side saw the communication by picking at the sentence word for word whereas those from the ITP side saw communication as language. This is not a bad thing, but as for me who will hopefully be an educator one day and possibly working with interpreters or speech therapist, I loved hearing what those from other majors had to say tonight. It worked out so well and I really enjoyed it. Plus, the time flew by. :)
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I agree with you. This was a great forum for us tonight. Even standing alone at one point was interesting because I dug down deep to see if I really belonged in that corner alone or if I would be swayed to another group for fear of standing out as "different". And then yet we discussed that exact concept later...."different". It's important that each of us take the time to see what WE feel inside and not match or copy the views of others. A person cannot truly get to know another person unless they first understand themselves....
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thoughts too. I, also, thought that some of the different viewpoints we had reflected back on our majors, personal experiences, the things we have been taught, and the things that we have yet to learn. I enjoyed being able to hear everyone have the opportunity to express their opinion for their beliefs and see people standing up for what they believe in.
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