During the University of Maine at Farmington's annual Symposium Day I attended a series of essay readings put on by the First-Year-Seminar Democracy class. The topics discussed ranged from the role of religion in democracy to the role of the Granges in the formation of democracy to morality in democracy and the appreciation of the self within a democracy. The presenters weren't all students I knew, but two of the students I did know were Heather and Kurt. I enjoyed the essays very much, they were full of good information and well researched points, however I think that the presentations themselves could have been spiced up a bit perhaps with soem sort of visual aids or handouts.
On a future Symposium Day maybe I could present something on research done on different teaching styles and their effectiveness in classrooms. This is something that I am very interested in and maybe weven something that people would benefit from knowing something about.
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I'm glad you got to go to Kurt's presentation. I got sidetracked by a committee emergency. I'm glad he had a friendly face in the audience. :-) Your idea of a topic for Symposium Day is great! Present it! And I will be in your audience.
dr.theresa
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