I have always been the student that feels pressure and nervous to participate in class. In my personal life, I love talking to people and am actually pretty outgoing. However in the classroom setting, I’ve always been one to sit back and let everyone else answer the question, even if I have something I know I want to say. I get nervous to participate in the fear of seeming dumb, as well as the pressure of having an entire room of my peers and professors listening to me. So my personal goal for the semester and norm I want to break out of is this fear of participation. If I have something to say, I hope to gain the confidence to just raise my hand and say it. I feel like the space and atmosphere in MIDE 300 is the perfect place to start and encourage more participation, because it’s based on a different learning styles than the typical lecture style classroom.
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