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Discussion: Light-Weight and Loose-Jointed

 Here’s Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s greatdescription of feelings associated with discussion. “Discussion … can feellight-weight, loose jointed, like holding hands in zero gravity. The sense ofweightlessness can overcome you—even if you’re good enough at leadingdiscussion so that your students are uninhibited and exploratory; even if youguide it subtly by the weight of a question or an inquiring ...