![]() ![]() In the silence, I come face to face with the reality that the Lord has carved out the direction for my life. I need to take my eyes off myself, and focus them unwaveringly on Jesus Christ. But there is a voice that I am encountering and trusting in the silence even though I doubt myself. There are days that are bleaker than others. I know that I am not alone and this is not an unusual story for recent graduates and jobseekers alike. My identity is in Jesus Christ, not in a career I find myself battling with my emotions on a daily basis because I have gradually become more self-involved as I keep my eyes on myself and my current situation. I wrestle with feelings of inadequacy as I look for work and feel as if my three years of hard work at university are being ignored and side-lined. With all the silence, I am hearing one voice a lot. I have ideas and aspirations that have not yet come into fruition. ![]() During these times of quiet, I have struggled to find my place within the world of work. The silence in the flat as my husband is out at work. The silence from potential employers as they fail to acknowledge that they have received my application form. However, University finished four months ago, I have just had my graduation ceremony and I am now painfully aware of the silence. ![]() If I was not on the internet, I was busy typing up research, reading books and planning my next steps after university. As a recent graduate, I remember the late nights on social media, sharing ideas for different essays with my peers whilst looking over the fence like a nosy neighbour at their ‘status updates’, gaining snippets into their online lives. “We refuse to turn off our computers, turn off our phone, log off Facebook, and just sit in silence, because in those moments we might actually have to face up to who we really are.” This idea is summarised by author Jefferson Bethke in his book Jesus > Than Religion: If you are arrested you have the right to remain silent.īut in a world that is connected like never before, by the internet, phones, televisions, transport, it is difficult to find time for silence. There are circumstances in life when we are required or recommended to remain silent, such as during an exam, or as a mark of respect to commemorate someone or something. We can prescribe the ‘Silent Treatment’, although there is nothing specifically said about this on any reputable medical website. A time when we are alone with our thoughts. It is a moment in time when no words are uttered audibly. College Teaching, 60(2), 76-82.In the Silence In the sometimes painfully quiet months after graduation, Ruth Clemence is discovering a renewed focus and trust on God Silence in teaching and learning: Perspectives of a Nepalese graduate student. He also offers tips for engaging quiet students in expressing their thoughts aloud and on paper. With teacher-centered education styles in mind, Bista illuminates misunderstandings about, and multiple meanings of, students’ silences. Informed by his own experience as an international graduate student hailing from a teacher-centered “culture of silence,” he offers an overview of the literature on silence in the higher-ed classroom and information on cultural differences in learning styles and classroom participation. In “Silence in Teaching and Learning: Perspectives of a Nepalese Graduate Student,” Krishna Bista, Professor of Education, University of Louisiana, provides insight on “patterns of silence” in the classroom. In our extroverted culture, it can helpful for us to remember that our students’ silence in the classroom means different things at different times. ![]()
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