Stories also can be used to give advice, move or comfort someone, lighten a situation or sell an idea or product, Friedman said. Shaner said the class had benefited him more than learning how to tell stories. He said he had made friends with his classmates and grown comfortable with them. It makes you more comfortable to talk in front of people. The class has grown closer, Friedman said, because of the nature of the class and that people had grown to know each other from their stories.
Stories open people up to each other.
Sherre-Khan Blackmon, Houston senior, said the class had shown her that people experience the same type of things, but that they viewed those experiences from different perspectives. Friedman said he hoped the class would be offered again next spring. The University Daily Kansan 1996-2000. All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reused, repurposed, framed, relabeled or otherwise used without prior written consent.