Quiet students in discussion setting

baymom1
Mon, 22 Feb 2016 22:15:21 +0000

Our daughter is considering Scripps. She loves everything about it, except the socratic discussion aspect.

She will speak in class when she has to, and she is okay with giving presentations and doing socratics from time to time, but she feels it will stress her out to have to participate all the time. I understand because I was like that… Since she loved it aside from this one issue, I wonder if it’s worth another look. I wonder if she will gain confidence in that setting. Are profs understanding of students like her or would it be too intimidating? Would it adversely affect her grades?

She is also not the type to get chummy with teachers, unless she has a specific question. To give you an idea, when she heard that students lunch with profs, her reaction was… why??

She is a very strong student, so it would be a good match academically.