Underlife and Writing Instruction
I found this article completely interesting. It gave me a whole new perspective on a class room setting. The authors main argument point is that sometimes teachers get mad at theirs students because they believe that the students are getting off topic because they are talking with each other, even though the students are talking to each other they are relating what is going on in class to a personal experience outside of school. I agree with the statement that the author said in his article "The point is not disrupt the functioning of the class room with a sense that one has other things to do, other interest that one is a much richer personality that can show in this context". The reason why I agree with it is because some time in class instead of fully listening to the teacher you start and wonder about something different like another class or home work and by doing so the teacher believes that you are not paying attention there for you are disrupting the class. This article connects with our class in the sense that our teacher might of thought that we did not know what she was talking about or we did not know certain definitions for simple words ( like when she asked what a summary was) because no one in the class was responding. In reality most of us knew what a summary was we just did not respond because we were nervous and socially awkward due to it being our first day.
Claudia, you did a great job in summarizing the author’s main point. This article also gave me a whole new perspective on a class room setting that I didn’t even think about before or even considered. It’s interesting how we as students relate our personal experiences to what we are supposed to be discussing without getting off topic. I can really relate because thinking back on it, I’ve found myself doing this numerous times, even up to this day.
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