classroom direction

I would say that the class is going into a good direction so I don't really believe that there should be some drastic change to our style of learning.  I do believe that at times we tend to get off topic on the task at hand but that doesn't really determine whether or not we understand the material.  I think since I've taken this class that I've grasped a better understanding on how people think and how i should think out problems and conflicts rationally.  I do believe that you can grasp a concept on a topic without taking an assessment and in this class we have proven this opinion because for the most part, everybody in the class knows what's going on at all times.  We do enough projects and type enough papers to understand what we're supposed to be learning about.  I'm also happy that we read the books before the movies simply because usually the book is drastically better than the movie (hence The Road).  One direction that comes to mind now that we might need to implement in the classroom is the understanding that every individual in the classroom is different and we tend to not give students a chance when they suggest or have an opposite opinion than what you have on a topic.  We should learn to be more open to other peoples beliefs....That is all :)