Finally...

Well its that time of year when classes are ending and we are moving on to a new set of classes. We sometimes stop and think what we learned throughout the semester and question if they were worth the time put in or if they were just a waste of time. In English 103, we learned about rhetorical analysis. For me, it was a completely different type of style of writing than I had ever done before. I went to a relatively small high school so the teachers all made sure the styles of writing throughout the four years was similar. In the beginning of the semester, I liked the class a lot. The project where we had to pick a movie poster or album cover was by far my favorite. This project really taught me how to analyse a multimedia object. I realized how to analyze something using ethos, pathos, and logos. The rest of the semester for me was sort of pointless. I have never been a fan of research papers and when we started them, I sort of gave up in the class and got really far behind. I delayed a lot on the paper so by the time we started to have to turn things in, I was to far back to want to catch up. If I could take away one thing from the class, it would most likely be the research paper. The project at the end of the year was good. The multimedia project was a good way to sum up everything we have learned and the techniques to use. Also, the way we got to pick the topic and make it how we wanted was good because it made the project more interesting and personal. A factor that made the class really great was the kindness of the teacher. She was very nice and understanding. She was also funny and could joke around when necessary and be serious when need be. This made the class a lot more enjoyable and made the environment a more comfortable place to be. The only thing that would have been nice but not completely necessary would be more baked goods. We got brownies once or twice but it would have been awesome to make it a weekly thing. Another thing that I noticed was that a lot of the days were just work days. During the heart of the research paper, we would just walk into class and told to work on the research paper. I do not know if other students felt the same way, but this would make me not want to come to class because I felt like I could be more productive in a place like the library or my dorm room. I feel like those days we should have done an activity from the book. I feel like quizzes from what we read should have been given more frequently. It would have been a good incentive to come to more classes and keep up an easy grade. But other than that the class was good. I also noticed that each project we had to do assessments of our peer's works. This idea is good at times but I feel like too much emphasize was put on them because they were graded and done every project.