journal 14 final blog

Sadly this is my last journal for this class especially since I didn’t make it to 15, but I believe I will still get an A. First I’d like to say that thanks Mr. B for a great experience in my last English class for my b.s. In this final blog I’m going to discuss all that I liked and disliked about the class content and also about the class in general. First I like that we stuck to the syllabus for the most part. I never really liked reading in school, I was always more of a math person, but after this class I realize that reading isn’t so bad. It all depends on what your reading and how well you can get into the topic. This is where I think Mr. B does his job great; he helped us get into the literature further than the words that we read. I learned to dig deeper into content to base an opinion about a certain topic. In Sakuntala it was all about emotions which isn’t really my preference when it comes to topics, but I got through it pretty well compared to if I read it alone without discussing it in class through the week. The thing that I believe got people going with dissecting these stories was the blogs. Although I know many people did not participate in this part of the class, it’s a very good idea for ways to hear students’ opinions. It really doesn’t seem like a hard assignament to me because every class period we had discussion about what was assigned to read or other content like the movies we watched. If students participate in discussions, or just pay attention at the least they will have more than enough to say in their blogs. I also liked the test in class they were very relevant to the course work and straight forward with most questions, yet there were some times where we had to really use our whole brain. There were some tests I passed just from paying attention in class, because some of the texts that were more difficult to keep my attention, like Gawain, I had to use some sparknotes after reading but class filled in all the question marks I had. We also had 2 essays to write for class as well. Nobody likes to write papers, but it’s not so bad when the topic is something you can easily talk about like the last paper. The first paper required research which is why I personally didn’t like it as much. It was as easy nor as fun as the second which was better because you could write about almost anything as long as you can say why it was pertinent information for compared story. That twist made it fun and challenging. Overall, I liked the class and if I ever take any more English classes I’m going to be looking for Mr. B as a teacher, if not I’ll be fine because I’ve learned enough.