Place Of Conflict In 'Other Voices, Other Rooms'

Place of Conflict in Education Conflict in education is defined as a challenge to the way a person thinks or behaves. It can be an uncomfortable process between young students and professors which can involve uneasiness, fear or a range of other strong emotions. Conflict is a natural and daily occurrence that we experience in the classrooms such as conflict in thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, language, gender or cultural barrier. Two professors of different backgrounds, Gerald Graff, of Illinois, and Deborah Tannen, of Georgetown University discuss “teaching the controversy” and classroom dynamics that are “fundamentally male” in college education. Both have suggested that our education system is not providing the best education for the students. Do these conflicts in education is due to cognitive dissonance or linguistic exclusion? In “Other Voices, Other Rooms”, Gerald Graff discuss the problems …show more content…
I have experienced this situation throughout my high school. I always see girls in cliques or small groups where they have confidence in stating their opinions. These behaviors correlate with the type of response that men and women give in classroom discussions. They represent totally different ways of expressing a person’s opinion. Tannen describes in her article, “Many women bond by talking about the troubles, and many men bond by exchanging playful insults and put-downs, and other thoughts of verbal sparring” (346). My male friends tease one another and are never afraid to give opinion about others and say what is on their mind; however, I see girls at school crowded around and talking privately about their problems. I believe all these types of responses can be changed for the better so men and women can equally be heard in the discussion. Above all, everyone needs to be respectful of what others have to