Today I met with Shu at the CIES house. I had to change the date
of our meeting so he did not have time to prep a NPR story to talk about.
Instead I chose a story which we went over together. The topic was a heroin
clinic in Seattle. I prefaced the conversations with questions about the title,
asking him what he expected to hear and how much he knew on the topic. In Japan
drugs are very uncommon and have extreme laws against them. As a result, most
Japanese people see all drugs as equal and have very little to know knowledge
on any of them. So I explained what heroin was and all the issues surrounding
it.
We then listened
to the story once and had a discussion about what he understood. While
listening to the story I took notes on words he had reactions to and asked
questions about them after. He listened to the story three times before he had
a complete understanding of it. Afterwards I asked him his opinions and to
elaborate, he has a small habit of making statements and not providing
supporting details. I spoke to him briefly about this so that he can be more conscious
of it.
We decided to
alternate choosing the stories and styles of meetings. Next time he will choose
and prepare beforehand so that we can have a longer more in depth conversation
about it. The following meeting I will choose and he will have to do faster
critical thinking and analysis.
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