My University

Today in independent learning. Today I had a prety nice conversation in class about potential colleges, grape flavored watermelon and Damian Marley among other things. It was shooting the breeze, you could say but I think it's a good way to express and listen to thoughts at that given moment. It's almost like a journal that you can interact with. In a journal you pretty much say  whats on your mind, but theres no feedback. A good conversation you say whats on your mind, but can get input and feedback from others. And isn't that what open source learning is about. Creating networks with other people through the sharing of ideas? Because that's one of the big things I got from Dr.Preston presentation.
 I think that there is an element of comfort that you must build with the people you talk with, but I guess you cant get to know someone unless you listen to them and conversate with them. So even though it might be uncomfortable at first, we should learn to be open to all voices and sources of good ideas.
And even though I may have conveyed our conversation earlier as mere "bs"ing, we did talk about more serious, prevalent social problems, but all in the relaxed arena of conversation. So basically we were more relaxed and open talking about maybe uncomfortable stuff. So thats what I've been thinking about the last couple of days.