Elbow, Emig, et al.

Elbow's discussion about felt sense made me think about something I experienced last Monday in another class. I felt as if my idea didn't come out quite the way I had anticipated. Consequently, I turned to the lady next to me and attempted to explain myself. I'm not sure if my experience was necessarily felt sense or a bad case of confusion. I might avoid these problems next time by pausing to make sense of my nonverbal knowledge before commenting. In the future, I can pass this information down to my students, and teach them how to monitor their own "internal standard of how well their words reflect their insight" (Elbow 16).