if you had the option to participate in class without having to worry about being singled out or ridiculed for giving the wrong answer, wouldn't you be more likely to participate—and more likely to learn something?

yes because I will have nothing to worry

Some parents are saying that using computers to "poll" students in the classroom is a bad way to teach, but it seems like a great idea to get students more involved.

Explanation:

evertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable.

explanation:

the answer is "the man who came here yesterday was selling magazines."