So this is late...

In preparing for the small group discussion, I read the story and got a feel for it. Before class, I spoke to a classmate about the story, and got an even better feel for the story.this preparation for the class differed from week to week because I usually don't talk about the story before class. For the three things that I learned from this exercise is that it's difficult for me to actually participate in larger group discussions, as most people are better prepared than I am, and usually dominate the discussion. I have a hard time speaking up and responding to other people when a bunch of people are watching and listening to me. Another thing that I learned is that I need to manage my time better, and since then, I have managed my time better and have worked on more things in a timely fashion. I also learned that the texts are more and more interesting the further I get into the book. I found that the discussion for the class is not as useful to me than having smaller groups talking about the same thing.