"What do we need to flourish?"

I meant to ask you to leave w/ me what you wrote--and read--in class today;
I would like to post this as another collectively written "poem," if you are willing.
If you are, please add your answers to the questions--
"What do I need to flourish here?"
"What might we need to flourish here?"--
as comments to this post, and I'll collate them all.
Thank you all, again--
A.

Comments

I am on my way out. These [1]

Submitted by sdane on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 10:03am.

I am on my way out. These 360 classes are my last as an undergrad, and in some ways I care less about "flourishing," or even getting good grades, than I do about soaking them in. Right now, I'm much more focused and worried about flourishing in the world beyond Bryn Mawr.

I think we all need honesty, lack of judgement, and the willingness to learn from all people, things, and experiences.

To Flourish [2]

Submitted by jhunter on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 2:26pm.

What I need to flourish: the space in which to speak and knowledge that I will not be judged

What we need to flourish: everyone's voice in the conversation, taking the risk to be wrong

Understanding and honesty [3]

Submitted by Erin on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 11:01am.

I need to push myself more out of my comfort zone and speak more.

I need more time to articulate and elaborate what I want to say.

We all need to be support and construct a safe space for everyone in it.

I need to figure out what I [4]

Submitted by Sharaai on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 4:07pm.

I need to figure out what I need.

I need to speak less and kisten more.

We need to give each other the space to flourish.

Critical Friendships [5]

Submitted by ishin on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 9:16am.

a space for critical friendships--a space where we are attentive, critical, and together with/for one another.

I need the space and time to [6]

Submitted by Chandrea on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 12:47am.

I need the space and time to speak up and I need to realize my potential and be confident about the person I am now and who I aim to be. What I have to say is valid and I shouldn't think otherwise.

We need to realize that what we say or think now is not set in stone.

I need to leave the class [7]

Submitted by couldntthinkofa... on Thu, 10/04/2012 - 1:11pm.

I need to leave the class with a lighter heart

I need the quieter students to speak more because I want to hear them--they add to my 360 experience

To flourish, I need... [8]

Submitted by Dan on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 8:39pm.

alternative (artistic?) ways to process what we're taking in together (outside the Academic space).

In order to flourish... [9]

Submitted by Hummingbird on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 7:38pm.

I need to come to terms with and also fully understand my position of privilege, but I also need to not be so hard on myself that I don't acknowlege the places in which I am not privileged.
It sounds like what we need to flourish here might be allowing for uncomfortability.

Need to flourish [10]

Submitted by medi (guest) on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 2:34pm.

I need others to challenge my ideas.

I wonder, though, what sort [11]

Submitted by Michaela on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 11:14pm.

I wonder, though, what sort of privilege accompanies needing things (and getting them), or my prideful sense of being self sufficient.

more communication, less guilt, less fear.

I need others to challenge my [12]

Submitted by Uninhibited on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 10:25am.

I need others to challenge my ideas.

I need people to be honest [13]

Submitted by Sarah on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 8:58pm.

I need people to be honest because even if we disagree, we're all still learning.

Without maybe talking more, as there is a need for silence too, we need to be more upfront with what we say if what's stopping us is fear of offending others.

what I/we need to flourish [14]

Submitted by sara.gladwin on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 3:03am.

what I need to flourish: more time to think about the complexities behind this question.

what I think we need to flourish: a way to reconcile equal desires for silence and voice; a class that can be fluid in movement, ideas and content but will still remember to stop, pause and observe.

What I need to flourish/What might we need to flourish here: [15]

Submitted by Owl on Fri, 09/28/2012 - 1:09am.

I need to be seen as an adult in every sense of the word/ We need to create an atmosphere where dialogue with anger, frustration, happiness, and curiosity flourish, and mystery ceases to exist.

the knowledge that sometimes, [16]

Submitted by HSBurke on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 5:57pm.

the knowledge that sometimes, the fear that comes with not flourishing is a powerful form of self awareness and growth.

I think we all said "I" because we are afraid to impose our needs on others. We need to know how overlapped our individual needs are.

openness and honesty from [17]

Submitted by jo on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 11:51pm.

openness and honesty from myself and others.

What I need to flourish here.... [18]

Submitted by Anne Dalke on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 11:45pm.

...is more silence,
more space between my words,
more space between your words and my reactions.