One of the things that interested me is that I learned a lot from listening to others Socratic Seminar, as well as my own. The group from question 3, brought in to account how Huxley felt about Henry Ford, and questioned whether he looked up to Ford, or blamed Ford for many of societies problems. This was something I had never thought about, before listening to this groups conversation. By talking with others about the book, and the ideas behind it, I was able to better understand the human element behind the book, and how Aldous Huxley presented his ideas through it.
I thoroughly enjoyed question 7, because I could relate Brave New World to present day circumstances, and was able to bring in a lot of outside sources, such as a communique from BRIC, and an article on stem-cell research. I felt I did considerably well. Question 2 I felt was slightly more difficult, because I was forced to step into two different characters shoes, in attempt to understand their brain and subconscious. If I could do the Socratic seminar differently, I would have studied the passage for question 2 more, and would've brought in more examples from the text for question 7. I discovered that I enjoy talking, and can communicate ideas with relative ease, and use my hands a lot during conversation. I really enjoyed how the Socratic Seminar was set up, but I think that have a conversation consisting of me and just someone else, would make it much easier to communicate, and wouldn't leave anyone without anything to say.
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