[Understand] more thinking about understanding

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To answer Viviane (below) I think five minutes is a long wait time.  About half way through that time, I would start to wonder if my question had been confusing.  Maybe I worded my question in a way that was too hard for the student to understand.  I would rephrase once, and allow more think time.

I think that what Beverlee wrote (way below) connects up with wait time.  I know that I have colleagues who will not wait long for an answer.  They don't even finish their own sentences and seem to always be go-go-go.  I value this and other lists for the thought that people put into their posts.  Thinking takes time.

That's why I like to read over talking with some people.  When I read, I can stop when I want and think as long as I want about what I read.  Some people make me feel stressed because they do not slow down.

I loved page 105 (chapter 5) in the book To Understand because for me it clearly shows why it's good "To Savor the Struggle" and what happens in classrooms when we don't.  How do I get my colleagues to understand that hard work is not the enemy?

 
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from Viviane



> I am amazed by Clara's ability to stay with Jasmine's silence. I understand the 
> importance of wait time- but at what point does it become uncomfortable for the 
> student or for the rest of the class? Ellin indicates that Clara cannot give the 
> subtle message that Jasmine doesn't?have an?answer. How long is a long silence?
> 
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 and From Beverlee Paul 
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>  
>  
> And I'm so jealous of Ellin and all her friends at the PEBC.  And I feel so 
> cheated that my years have all passed without a vehicle to think with the 
> support of others.  And of all the late afternoons of washing out paintbrushe
> s, 
> and unjamming pencil sharpeners, and making book orders, and filling out forms, 
> and putting up bulletin boards for God's sake!!  I've been cheated by being on 
> autopilot because of the sheer volume of "stuff" we are getting bogged down 
> doing.