… love means having a willingness to share ourselves, our stories, our lives, our experiences to humanize and make real the classroom. This leveraging of the affective-emotion, trust, hope, trauma, healing-moves the discourse deliberately as an … painful. Storytelling is privileged and sometimes song breaks out. Porchtalk invites humor, noise, sometimes unruliness. A classroom with such honesty and visibility can produce frustration and also acceptance. Needless to say, trust is at the … The porch is a place where our students safely communicate and advocate for themselves. Live Learning: Live learning is risky; it is freewheeling and open. The instructor yields control of meaning and understanding in the classroom while keeping …