I'll keep this brief and let you draw out the meaning of this part of a
conversation we had yesterday in class about "studying."
"Why do you underline or highlight what you're reading in the
textbook?" I asked.
"So I can go back over it," Sheila (not her real name) volunteered.
"Why do you want to go back over it?" I probed.
"Because it's important," she answered.
"What makes it important?"
"I feel it's going to be on the test," she asserted with confidence.
"Feel it's going to be on the test." I calmly and softly repeated her
words as I
sprung the trap. "But, we don't have tests in this class. So, what are you
going to
underline or highlight as you read the textbook?"
A sudden, stunned, and confused look. Silence. Pregnant, telling, and
revealing
silence.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History www.newforums.com/L_Schmier.htm
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