Who am I and where am I going? And why am I in this classroom?!

It took me about a week into my first course to realize that most of my students were not as passionately interested about religion and biblical studies as I was.  I learned that most of them were in the room because they needed a required general education course and my course was the only one with space that fit their schedule.  I tried to make the most of it by focusing on the skills they would need to develop—critical thinking and written communication, for example.  It sounded good in theory but I was missing an amazing opportunity: engaging students in self-reflection….