Socratic Seminar Discussions!

Last Friday, on the 19 of February, my class had a mock session on Socratic Seminar Discussions and it was indeed a fun and interesting event for me. I had experience in this as I done it before when I was in primary school but those were only the basics and we did not use current affairs to doit, instead we used poems and short stories. I was a little disappointed when I knew that I was not a panellist but a judge(in a way) as I had to grade a classmate on his performance during the discussion. Actually, I wanted to be a panellist as it is really fun to be sitting in there for the discussion as compared to sitting behind the person you are grading and just observing him on what he says or does. It is also good to know what and how your classmates think about current affairs, like news, either in Singapore or not as we get to learn more, in the end, if you give good statements or points, it will be beneficial to everyone. I hope that I will have a chance to be in the inner circle as a panellist in the next Socratic Seminar Discussion so that I can express my thoughts and views and also, I can learn new knowledge from my classmates. It was indeed a fresh and interesting experience as it was different from what I did in my primary school days. I am looking forward eagerly to the next Socratic Seminar Discussion and wish that my teacher would let me have a chance to be part of the inner circle as a panellist.