{"id":12978,"date":"2016-02-04T13:44:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=12978"},"modified":"2017-07-11T09:25:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T14:25:45","slug":"dear-gabby-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2016\/02\/04\/dear-gabby-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Gabby"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Processed<\/a>Dear Gabby,<\/p>\n

My Interpersonal Communication class is populated with overachievers.They are all competing with each other to answer the teacher\u2019s questions first\u00a0before any of their fellow students have chance to answer. Part of our grade in this\u00a0class is dependent on our classrooms participation.My problem is I cant get noticed and never get a chance to answer the\u00a0teacher, so she has no idea that I have studied the material and come to class fully\u00a0prepared.<\/p>\n

My question is what can I do to stand out in such a competitive class and\u00a0assure that I receive a good grade in the participation portion?Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Unnoticed from New Hampshire<\/p>\n

Dear Unnoticed from New Hampshire,\u00a0Life in general will always be filled with competitive people and people who\u00a0want to get ahead in life no matter what it takes. This is a great lesson to learn, not\u00a0only to succeed in class, but also in life.\u00a0There is always going to be someone willing to step on your toes or someone\u00a0who might know as much as you, but fights for the top. I think the most important\u00a0thing to do is keep studying and focusing on mastering the material.Even though\u00a0the teacher might not verbalize your success, I am sure it doesn\u2019t go unnoticed.<\/p>\n

In order to show you\u2019re well prepared and participating in the class, is\u00a0making your voice heard in the class. Sometimes we have to get out of our comfort\u00a0zone and present ourselves in a different way than what we\u2019re used to. I have had\u00a0teachers tell me to go the extra mile and write two more paragraphs, or do a more\u00a0in-depth presentation to make sure I stand out.\u00a0I think it\u2019s also important to create a working relationship with your teacher.\u00a0Let he or she know that you\u2019re working hard on your projects, or email questions\u00a0directly to them, and then approach them after class about\u2014this way they can put a\u00a0face to the name they received from the email.<\/p>\n

The worst thing you could do is sit back and not participate because others\u00a0are willing to speak up. Use a question that your teacher to help further your\u00a0interaction in class. Perhaps it might be that you start a debate about the question,\u00a0or that you have another view about a certain topic that is being discussed in class. I\u00a0think classrooms should be used as a discussion tool, not just a room where we sit\u00a0and listen to a lecture.<\/p>\n

Use the time before and after class to get to know some of your classmates as\u00a0well. I think this is a big advantage because once you\u2019re comfortable in the\u00a0classroom with other students, things tend to feel less tense. Use this class to help\u00a0develop your self-concept skills, while learning how to stay motivated to reach your\u00a0highest potential, not only in this class, but in life.<\/p>\n

Good luck,<\/p>\n

Gabby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Gabby, My Interpersonal Communication class is populated with overachievers.They are all competing with each other to answer the teacher\u2019s questions first\u00a0before any of their fellow students have chance to answer. Part of our grade in this\u00a0class is dependent on our classrooms participation.My problem is I cant get noticed and never get a chance to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[2030],"class_list":["post-12978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tartan-news","tag-gabrielle-sharp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s3vR-3nk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12979,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12978\/revisions\/12979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}