We had notebooks and pencils for notetaking, we had killed any background noise so it was a peaceful
environment to have a discussion. I think we were pretty well prepared.
No interrupting when it is not your turn, I think this rule were followed pretty well, sometimes someone
would interrupt when they really opinionated but not in a mean or disrespectful way.
I presented my viewpoint calmy and maturely, I made sure to listen to everyone's argument before I
said my piece and I admitted when I was wrong. I tried to stay well informed before the discussion as
well.
you presented
your views? Explain.
I tried to stay unbiased. As I myself don’t have any experience with the particular problem I felt I didn’t
have much point in being opiniated so I stayed fact oriented.
ing to other group members?
I think I did well if not better than most members. As I mentioned before I didn’t interrupt and I kept
eye-contact as the discussion advanced.
disagreed with
you?
I respectfully said I disagreed with them and told them why then sited my sources.
They were all really respectful too, one of them didn’t have very many sources to back their claims but
they were still being reasonable.
presented? Did a participant exaggerate or distort information? Explain.
Like I said there was one participant that didn’t have many sources to back his claims but he had valid
viewpoints and didn’t exaggerate much, everything he said was able to be backed by another person's
source.
from your own? What might have influenced
his or her opposing viewpoint? Explain.
We were talking about gun violence; she said the answer to solve most gun violence problems is to offer
free discreet therapy at schools and work. I disagree with her because people are still going to be
uncomfortable going to therapy.
Give an example.
I had this discussion with some peers and a few friends. Although we were grammatically appropriate
most the time every once in a while, we slipped into regular talk i.e., slang.
being said?
When someone got heated, they would flail their arms around just subconsciously but other than that
we kept proper expressions and body language.
the discussion?
Since we were all behaved there was no need, obviously we all maintained eye contact but there was no
need to raise voice to get attention or anything.
We can't really solve a problem like gun violence in one discussion between 7 teenagers, but we did
come to two main ideologies that were right.
We achieved the goal of the discussion; which was to come to a consesus.