An Ideal Conversation

An ideal conversation about these topics should take place as a debate. The debate should stay to the main point of discussion, whether it is the text, a specific question, or an observation. When we are discussing the articles, everyone should express a point or question someone else is view point. This is important because everyone has different experience and opinions and their ideas can give insight and a new perspective on an issue. It is important as a group that we play devil's advocate so that we can either strengthen our argument or change/reexamine the presentation of our opinion/argument so that the audience can understand our point. Therefore, in order to have an ideal discussion, we need to relate our personal experiences and opinions to the text, while questioning and including others in the discussion.

The discussion we had the last two days was pretty productive. We went through the articles by using the pre-reading questions, but I think we should have dove deeper into the text. As a group we did a to good job of including everyone, but the discussion was one sided. We need to try to debate more of the issues by challenging each others opinions and playing devils advocate. We also need to be more patient and let other people respond to the questions directed to them before stating their opinion. Overall, I think our discussion are getting better and are productive.