Reflection On Shortcomings

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My principal concern in this reflection will be to discover my shortcomings as a student in this course and to identify ways in which I can remedy those shortcomings in the second half of the semester. My first point is that I find that I participate far less than I would like to in class discussions. I have a very difficult time putting thoughts together in my head and, oftentimes, I find that by the time I manage to gather my ideas together coherently, the discussion has moved on and my point feels out of place or irrelevant. Sometimes, I also feel like my thoughts are elementary when compared to the current level of the discussion and I feel hesitant to interrupt the flow. I definitely feel more comfortable in the more personal, or partner-based discussions that we have during class sometimes because they help relieve the pressure of sharing my rough thoughts with a large amount of people. …show more content…

Ever since the Austin readings, I find that I am getting too tied up with the terminology (and especially the philosophical aspects) that the authors are using in their piece. I have had limited exposure to philosophy in general, and I find that I spend a lot of my reading time defining some of the scholarly terms in the pieces and still not understanding them all too well. For example, the relationship between the Austin, Derrida, and Butler themes is becoming clearer to me as we move forward, but I believe I could benefit from some more private discussions during a personal meeting in order to better understand the terms and ideas they are building off. Moving forward, I will be more responsible for scheduling time outside of class to speak with you about terms and ideas in the readings that confuse

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