I enjoyed leading my 50 Fact discussion, however I do feel that the discussion felt a bit more like a lecture than I would have liked. I would have preferred if more people had joined in on the discussion and shared their thoughts and opinions. Additionally, I feel like I did a great deal of the talking during the discussion. This is probably partly due to my own gregarious nature, but I also wonder if it was in part due to the more unusual nature of the topic I chose – rather than a topic like religion, with which most if not all people have at least some experience. Perhaps discussion would have flowed more easily if everyone had a more extensive background regarding languages.
However, leading the discussion was a great chance for me to learn about something new and different. Language extinction is probably not something I would ever have done research on if it weren’t for Paidiea. I am also having a lot of fun reading the 50 Facts book, because it makes me think about things I probably wouldn’t otherwise think about and it raises my awareness for a number of important issues.
This is a link to the Rosetta Project website so anyone who is interested in learning a bit more about language preservation can.
http://www.rosettaproject.org/
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I'm sorry it felt like a lecture, chica. I much prefer discussion as well and there are days where I talk so much I annoy myself and days where I don't talk at all -- I'm sorry you caught me on the latter. On the up side, I really enjoyed your topic since it is an obvious issue but one that I simply hadn't taken the time to consider.
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