26 zachary langdon

Placing Socratic seminars in the spring semester has its problems. It distracts from the skills learned for the test when they become Paramount in importance. Using them to develope skills in the fall semester prior to and for later writing might put them to better use. Communication is not always clear from amendments to rubrics and end of class announcements. More frequent and focused use of remind to summarize the day when it's details would help this, using a twitter say for sharing articles. I, as an introvert, profess I am always disheartened when any teacher announces we shall pick our own groups. For this, and in general, student choice has more effects than simply transferring responsibility, as the more social activity is allowed, academic focus nessesarily decreases proportionally in the limited capacity of a teenage brain. I am always one for instructions. A gradual progression of knowledge help interconnect a subject. I found this missing for this class. Learning definitions helps understanding in an unparllelable fashion,something that would add normalcy and cohension to Lang and comp.