What the affective filter looks like before anyone notices I’ve described moments like this before: sitting in class, overwhelmed, trying to keep up while that dark wall of confusion slowly builds. This time, I want to slow the experience down and look more closely at what’s happening internally when learning starts to shut down. Not all at once, but gradually. After all, I don’t walk into every class wanting to throw a chair in the first few minutes. At first, I am a very po