Socratic Seminar Experience

As a freshman walking through the doors of high school on her first day, it was terrifying. I remember the anxiety crawling up my spine as I walk quickly to every class, hoping not to get lost. I thought that it would be an easy year because the older kids I knew had given the impression that it was—but I had missed a vital part completely. They had probably said that it would be an easy year, compared to the rest. Because of this, I had prepared myself badly. I didn’t study much, thinking that it wouldn’t affect my grades considerably, but I was wrong. However, at the same time, I had developed as a student and as an individual. Throughout the year, I have developed as a communicator from the socratic seminar, a creative and critical thinker by making the clay whistles in art, and as a collaborator from my March Madness project in history. …show more content…
It was about the book Whirligig, and I remember being really nervous for it. I recall stumbling over my words a lot and not talking as much as I should have. Our second and last socratic seminar was about the Exhibition of Learning and I think that I did better with that one because I had more opinions. My tongue didn’t trip over mere syllables as much and my confidence was heightened as well. I felt calmer, my heartbeat wasn’t pounding in my ears, and that felt refreshing. I had practiced in front of my friends, often reading aloud the essays I wrote and the speech for the EoL and I pondered over the idea that doing those things had prepared me too. The first socratic seminar was the control of a science experiment, it’s what I compare my results to, and many times, I am satisfied with how far I have come as a