Harkness Reflection

I think I'm doing okay in this class. I really enjoy it, so that helps, but I think that I could be a little more active in discussion. I'm really good at listening to people, but I don't really speak that much. I think that it's rather difficult for me to interject because I can express myself easier if I'm writing and I'm never really fully confident in what I am saying in class. It's hard because I really don't want to mess up and look stupid. It's one of those things that makes me embarrassed..... I mean, writing you can edit. You can't edit your spoken ideas and people tend to remember what you say more. Listening to the ideas of others is embarrassment free, and you don't have to risk sounding stupid by replying.

1. I apparently had a text reference and I talked twice to Mustafa and David. This must've been at the beginning of the year when I felt most confident in what I was saying. I was most likely answering someone's question.
2. I talked a lot to Mustafa, both Matts, and Laksh. I remember this discussion and it was when I was asking a question but I felt that people didn't understand my question, and so I had to keep on asking it in different ways until it clicked for them. I really hate talking like that because it's embarrassing that people don't understand what I'm trying to say. I think that was also the day when I had this really great idea but by the time I had a chance to talk, it was irrelevant.
3. I talked once to Julia. I don't remember what it was about.
4. I talked twice with Mustafa and Emily. I don't remember what this one was about either, but I think that this is the most accurate representation of how my discussions will go.