Kaiwa Day

During this week's Kaiwa section, many of us switched sections presumably in order to increase interaction with others and further develop out Japanese speaking skills in a different environment that we were not normally accustomed to. However, I was unable to switch sections because of my class conflicts that day, but I wish that I could have because I totally bombed that quiz that day.
That day, the class was significantly smaller. As such, I felt as if the attention was more individualized and more speaking was accomplished overall. In other words, it definitely promoted participation. Nevertheless, I am unsure if it actually led to more learning. I'm not sure why, but while good and enjoyable and certainly different, it just seemed to be more of the same. I don't know, maybe it's just a short-term effect, and in the long-run, it would be better. I felt like the new interaction was good, but being too removed from that comfort zone may be slightly detrimental. Either way, it was a good experiment, and by all means, it was sucessful. Perhaps we'll do it again someday...