Blog #11: Berlin and Discussion

When Mark came to the class, and he led the discussion on Berlin I was lost. During his presentation, I could see that he was attempting to bring in all these thoughts about philosophy that he had stored in his mind, and he wanted to have an elevated conversation. But, we couldn’t follow, at least I couldn’t. I didn’t have the background or foundation to have this discussion and at least in that moment I wondered how I would be able to remedy a conversation I knew my students could not follow. How do I simplify or better explain concepts? Does that come simply through experience? Or is there some crazy technique that none of the readings seem to have addressed. How to ask poignant questions and when to ask them.