After listening to “Creative Differences: The Benefits of Reaching out to People Unlike Ourselves (Links to an external site.),” respond to the following:
To summarize this piece requires a basic outline that allows you to identify the separate segments and recognize the connective thread: write a one-sentence
summary of each segment and state the thread that connects the segments.
How did you find the thread or thesis? (Pay attention to what is asked before the first segment) How does each segment demonstrate the thesis?
In addition to taking notes, how can you listen to the voices presented in an effort to interpret meaning and find connections within your life?
Share an experience you had when you listened to someone with a very different perspective and what you learned.
Share an experience where your opinion was shifted significantly as a result of becoming exposed to and open to a new perspective.
Ask your peers from class one question about "Creative Differences" or the larger topic of listening to voices beyond your community, and answer one of the
questions a peer asked.
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