Unpacked

It seems that a common theme within the recent blog posts, with myself included, is reflecting on our development as individuals and as a class. Reading Jessica’s blog post titled Our Progress brought my attention to a phrase frequently spoken in our classroom. “Unpack.” As, Jessica said even a nod can intrigue Dr. McCoy into persuading you to unpack a thought. This was said a lot during the first week of classes but it seems as if it has become much more rare at this point in the semester. Our discussion in our groups are almost entirely student led and the conversation doesn’t seem to drop as much as it used to.
 
Not only do I feel as if we progressed in a writing manor, but before I enrolled in this class I have never thought about academic partnership in the way we have explored it. For instance on occasion I see Geneseo’s Mission Statement posted around campus. A semester ago I wouldn’t have thought twice about the poster hanging on the wall. I would’ve walked past it blankly, but now that we have “unpacked” so much of the mission statement and many other Geneseo documents I see it and question of the value of it being posted around for students to frequently see. I consider the students who struggle and who have received the letter of academic prohibition that we have studied so much and how it can impact them in a positive or a negative direction. The phrase has taken us as a class a long way, and as a future teacher I believe it will stick with me for much longer than just my college experience.

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