Joe, what I do is "run silent." I have two communities get together and
talk of their issues, questions, articles read, whatever. This goes on
for about ten minutes. I then ask the students, "who has an issue to put
on the table for us to discuss." And, then I sit down and wait, and wait,
and wait and watch them become fidgety. I let silence be my friend.
Inevitably, and it never fails, as the students figure out I am not going
to jump in and fill the vaccuum, someone starts. As the semester
progressing, the silence becomes shorter and shorter. When I first used
this technique, it was never racking to this recovered talkoholic.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
Valdosta State University
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