- The idea behind it is that we are to meet with groups of our peers in order to discuss topics based on their relevancy to the readings and class?
- Seminars are to take place for one hour on Thursday and after the seminar, a report of the topics brought out are to be given to the entire class.
The class gets to talk for an hour and then reconvene for the remaining 50 minutes? It's a novel idea, but what happens when no one does their reading, or no one feels like talking about the reading? Are we really going to govern ourselves? Has the professor really entrusted us with this big of a responsibility? What happens when one person decides to talk their head off and not allow others to participate because they are to enamored with their own voice?
For a freedom of speech and responsibility course, the idea is good, but I don't know if it will hold up, for instance today, we were totally off kilter, but then again, we didn't really have a topic, so I guess it is understandable.
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I hear your concerns and they even mirror some of my initial concerns. However, after meeting our group, I think that we'll have some compelling discussion. I certainly plan to do my reading and contribute and I am completely interested in hearing everyone else's ideas as well. I like the way you write and your up-front words.
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