Category: Grade 12

learning is embedded in memory, history, and story.

I chose this sentence to reflect on because I agree with it. I say that because it is true a lot of the learning that happens around the world is usually a memory that has happened in the past that people still talk about to this day and teach others about it. Or it also could be through a historical event that people could still learn about like what they do in schools. During my school years, most of the things that I learned is usually through history in the past. Learning could also be done through a story, back in middle school my English teacher and social studies used to teach me most of the things a learned through a story. They would either give me a book to read or a short story so that I could understand what is the lesson that they are trying to teach me. After doing that me and my classmates would write a reflection and test on the story we read. 

What is good listening? Did you see it today? What did it look like? Or not look like? How can you become a better listener? 

Good listening to me is a person or a group of people who focus on a person when they are speaking and give them room to speak without any interruption. While the speaker was talking, I did see many good listeners in my class. I was surprised and happy at the same time because I was not expecting that from a grade 12 class.  During the circle that I had with my classmates, I noticed that every single one of them was being respectful and focused on the person that had the talking stick. I also noticed that this was one of the first ever classes that I had where the teacher did not stop the speaker to ask other students to stop talking while the speaker was talking. To become a good listener, you must maintain your focus on the speaker while they are talking. You would also have to pay close attention to what the speaker is saying because at some point while they’re talking they could say something important that you might miss.