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| Author: | Ashley Huskins [ Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Are we being heard??? |
Hey ya'll! In class we talked briefly about be heard. I just wanted to get a more personal feel for what you guys think it means to be heard...when do you really feel that your ideas and feelings are being taken into consideration? When (as a teacher) do you think you will have problems being heard? If you had one thing to say that everyone could hear, what would it be??? 
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| Author: | Beth Koplin [ Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Being Heard |
I think what it means to be heard is that you listen and are listened to. It's rare for some be heard and understood in the way they want to be portrayed and when it happens, it's like a lightbulb that goes off inside. As a teacher, I know I'll have to work harder to be heard than other teachers due to my soft voice. I just worry more that I'll over look someone who needs to heard in my classroom. |
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| Author: | Melissa Cooke [ Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:59 pm ] |
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I agree with Beth about what being heard means. I think it is really hard though to be heard on a topic such as abortion, evolution, or who should be the next president. Everyone has their own opinion and they usually aren't interested in your's. As a teacher I think it will be hard to be heard on those certain topics inside and outside the classroom. |
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| Author: | susan meadows [ Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:44 pm ] |
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I think, if you are confrontational and abrasive no one is going to hear or listen to what you have to say, all they are going to remember is that you were confrontational and abrasive. And, if that's HOW you want to be heard or remembered then go for it. However, if you want you opinion to be heard the I think people have different ways of making themselves being heard. But what surfaced for me out of that small group discussion, was how it must feel if you are trying to communicate, following a non-abrasive format, and your thoughts are not being listened to or taken seriously and all because of your gender, skin color, religious affiliation, or what have you. How frustrating that must feel like and I can imagine from that frustration comes anger. |
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| Author: | Amy Middleton [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:38 pm ] |
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Ditto to "what it means to be heard". What would I want to be heard on? Hmmm... I guess I'd have to say I want people to listen and take action about making school focused more on FUN learning, rather than "you gotta learn this cuz your gonna be tested on it". That just sounds way to much like WORK, and I always thought kids were supposed to have fun beign kids before they had to WORK 40 hrs a week. |
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| Author: | Amy Drum [ Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:27 am ] |
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In our small group discussion we highlight that to be heard really depends on the environment and the listener. It doesn't matter if you are the greatest persuasive speaker in the world. You will not be heard if the listener is close minded and doesn't want to be open minded. |
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| Author: | Cassandra Weimer [ Thu Nov 04, 2004 1:23 pm ] |
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Uhh, I think I'll have problems being heard everyday. I don't think that I can fool myself with the expectation that all of my students will selflessly dedicate themselves to what I have to say... it would be nice, but let's get real. They have lives. They are going out, breaking up, having sex, defying their parents... I dont' think they will be able to focus on me all of the time. My goal is to do the best I can. That way, hopefully what they do hear from my mouth will be of importance to them in their own individual way. |
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