Thoughts on Discussion Summaries

Before I start writing discussion summaries, I need to rant about the discussions themselves.

I've not found the discussion particularly interesting or useful. We have had three so far, and I find one of two things happens: 1) I post an observation made by someone else, 2) I have no interest in the topic itself, and hence, no thoughts to contribute.

The observations by someone else really irritates me. We are supposed to participate in the discussion, but if someone else has already posted what you observed what are you supposed to post, "Me too!" Or perhaps it is better to force yourself to make some additional observation, that doesn't really drive the discussion forward, but does show that you are posting and reading. In any event, I find this portion of the course a major irritant, and likely will mean I do poorly in the class overall as a result. Not an inspiring start to my masters work. I think I have two days in which I could drop the course, but then what? Then I have nothing, that's what.

Not happy.