The Single Best Method For Class (Or Any Kind of) Participation (Thx SciFi Genius Samuel Delany)

By Cathy Davidson. Whenever the great science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany teaches or is in a situation talking formally with others, he asks questions and has one requirement: everyone has to raise a hand. Everyone. Whether one knows the answer, doesn't know, or doesn't understand the question, he insists that every hand go up and he calls on someone to answer at random. They can then either offer an answer, articulate something about the question they don't understand, or say they don't know the answer and that they want to hear what Person X has to say about it. Read more...