I feel as if class yesterday was great to see much more people reacting and talking rather than the same that usually speak out. During class there was disagreements on what certain things meant and how certain people viewed things. Isn't that the point of the course? To see other peoples opinions, and express your own? That is how I take the course and is why I tend to speak out every class. Yesterday I may of took the wrong approach and addressed a girl in class in the wrong way when I disagreed with her but I felt that others in the class agreed with me and so I stated how we were feeling in a powerful way, but that does not mean I was trying to attack anybody in anyway. The class discussions are to get people talking and see different view points and growing up in the inner city experiencing a lot of this I have a strong view about things. My dad being the senior investigator for the NYSP(the arrest and cases he deals with) and my mom being a doctor(the patients cases for being in there) they have told me many stories and I have come to see both sides of the world. I do not have the perfect picture of the world, it is a dangerous place filled with hatred in every corner and yes things are getting better but the U.S. has been said to be the country to live the American Dream, yet we have discriminated against every person that has been different than the "norm" since day 1. So I feel like the discussion went well yesterday and I wish more people in class would state their opinion and speak out to make class much more interesting!
Pete Ferguson
Of course I have to agree with you that I think more people should talk in class. Perhaps it would be useful if we had a group discussion as to why some members of class may find it difficult to express themselves in regards to the issues we have been discussing...
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