In class, discussion and questions are encouraged. I'm usually quiet since I prefer smaller groups or one-on-one discussion, but once in a while I ask a question after someone brings something up. It's not that I'm dying to know the answer but a matter of clarification to get people thinking. Somehow when I do this I'm not able to communicate exactly what I'm imagining, so the response is usually a common sense type thing coming from the dismissive graduate students with animal backgrounds, even though herbivore ecology is an undergraduate class. It's frustrating. I think it's also interesting that only in these types of situations do I see pictures in my mind and have to translate them to words. I wish there were more small group discussions.
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