Overall I enjoyed this class and it’s style. This class was not boring. I know I was kept busy about all week long with homework. There was a lot of reading to do, but most of it was interesting and because our assignments were on the reading or something similar to the reading, we had to definitely pay attention to what we were reading and do the research we had to do to complete an assignment. I do not believe this class was easy, but now that it is about over, it does not seem as hard as I thought it was going to be at the beginning seeing all the assignments we had to complete on a weekly basis. It was definitely a class that you had to work at and not procrastinate.
The essays started out fairly easy and made me thankful, especially at the beginning when we were trying to figure out how to work the Blackboard and get used to the way we do things. When we started getting with the flow of how we do things in this class, the essays started getting harder and longer. Procrastination was definitely something that did not work well in this class. The last essay, being the research paper, I think was the hardest, I had a few setbacks in getting it started and going, which also put me a little behind in everything else, but it gave us a challenge. It required us to use everything we have been doing all semester long in a more challenging way.
The blogs were awesome. I was a little hesitant to do a blog, because it reminds me somewhat of a diary. Somewhere to put our thoughts on a topic and other people get to read them. The part where other people get to read them is the part that got to me in the beginning. I was not as confident in my writing in the beginning, but doing the blog every week helped strengthen that weakness. I also loved reading what other people’s thoughts were about the topic, so having to read everyone’s blogs was not too much of a homework assignment for me. I enjoyed it. I also liked the feedback from everyone who commented on my blog. Everyone was polite and not once did I receive any disrespectful comments.
Again on the not boring note, the topics were not boring in this class. There was always something interesting in our assigned readings. I originally thought, before the class started this semester, that we were going to read things I know would confuse me, like Shakespeare, or something of that sort. I am so glad that we discussed more modern topics and not confusing more interesting topics. A lot of the stuff we had to read, discuss, or write about were things that we could find on the internet, in the news or the newspapers. I liked that for some things we were able to pick what interested us.
In your blog you stated that “The blogs were awesome. I was a little hesitant to do a blog, because it reminds me somewhat of a diary. Somewhere to put our thoughts on a topic and other people get to read them.” I have to agree with you on that point. The blogs were quite possibly my favorite part of the class.
ReplyDeleteI too was nervous at the start about having others in class read my work. However, everyone has been so kind and considerate in their responses. I really appreciated the positive and uplifting feedback that others in the class had to offer. I’m pleased to hear that you had a similar experience.
And I also agree that the topics were far from boring. I especially enjoyed the topics we read out of the English Learning text book. For example, I enjoyed the portion of the book that discussed political cartoons. It really helped me analyze them. I found that topics in this class were very beneficial to everyday life and worth studying.
I am please to read that you also relieved valuable lessons in this class. I hope that you enjoy your summer!
I agree with you that this class did seem like it was going to be really hard and overwhelming. At some points I still feel overwhelmed but it is getting better. I have learned a lot from the blogs just as you have. I really enjoyed this part of the class. I liked getting feedback from my peers. They were all very good responses and it made me happy that people agreed with me. I did like the topics we had to talk about. It was very interesting and kept me thinking about the issues in this world. I never thought so critically until these blogs came around. It was my first time “blogging” and enjoyed all of it. Everyone was also very nice and considerate, I felt like everyone was here for the same purpose which is nice because it is hard to find motivated students, and I felt like this entire class was like this, I loved it! Our professor Jen was also amazing; she would say “rock on” and it would just make me laugh. I never thought I would hear a professor say that, especially an English teacher. This class was a good experience and I learned a lot from everyone.
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