October 17, 2018 (vol. 128, iss. 711) • Page Image 13
…T alking is scary. If you get called on in class out of the blue, there is no time for the gray fog in your brain to clear. There is no time to piece together an intellectual answer that accurately reflects what you actually think about the topic. Instead, you blurt out some half-concocted answer to try and pass yourself off as engaged student who is able to quickly formulate and articulate ideas. In Advanced Placement Englis...…