Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Reflections on Harkness Table Talk

1 - Made a fair number of points.  Talked a lot, but seemed to be having back-and-forths as well, so I think I was listening and paying attention

2 - Did an ok job policing myself, spoke 4 times - not more than anyone else, 3 or 4 way tie for most points.  Don't remember my eye contact/attention that day.

3 - Spoke a lot.  Definetly too much, but all of the lines seem to be back-and-forth conversations, so I think I was listening as well.

4 - Shikar seemed to make more points, but I still dominated the conversation a little bit too much.  Not sure of how well I listened that day.

5 - Spoke way too much.  A lot of points seem to be clustered around me.  Should've let more people speak.  I think there was a good amount of back-and-forth conversation and that I was listening and paying attention that day, but not 100% sure.

6- Made quite a few points, but not drastically more than any other highly involved person. I feel I probably had a good balance of listening and paying attention and speaking

7- Spoke a lot, but made the same number of points as Ms. Tally and Shikar, less than Sophia, and only a few more than Jordan.  Again, I think I did well policing myself and not dominating the conversation too much.  Can't remember if I did a good job listening or not.

Overall in the class, I think that I may be talking a little bit too much, but have done an ok job policing myself and not over-contributing, especially compared to last year.  I think I've done a decent job when it comes to listening to others, but can't easily reflect based on the trackers. I typically do have a problem with eye contact, and I don't believe it's something I've been good about so far this year and is something that I should work on.

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