If you experience personal conflict, I encourage you to stop up to my office. Working through the personal conflict is valuable for clarifying your own personal values, and learning personal development skills for the future. Learning is a change in the way you think, feel, or act . People, who are not willing to change, are not able to learn. Developing new visions of the world you have lived in for many years is not easy.
Much effort is required to become a good learner.
212 is to develop your skill in communicating in a sociological format. Writing and speaking in sociology, or any science, is difficult to master, but with practice and some willingness to learn you will become more accomplished. Technical writing and speaking requires that you use specific terminology and using that terminology accurately requires practice and patience. The ability to write and speak with professionalism, without vague or ambiguous terms will make you a more valuable professional in your field. Your understanding of the material presented in this class can only be evaluated through your communication skills.