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I think that the student-facilitated discussion on storytelling went very well. I liked the question raised concerning the difference in the stories told and how that affected our abilities to retell them. This reminded me of my topic in the last paper which discussed the impact of emotion on the ability and willingness to learn. Angela's story engaged our emotions allowing us to better connect and therefore better remember it. While the story on health care is something that directly (or indirectly) affects us, it was presented as sort of this distant issue. It was not until we were asked to read specific opinions on the matter and take on the character and opinion of our given person, that we were able to connect with the issue of health care and grasp how it might directly impact our own lives and the lives of others....drawing on connections through storytelling is critical in grasping and retelling the story itself. If no connection is made it is easy for the story to be pushed aside, sitting atop other countless stories accumulating dust.