For the
begging of the class I had a little trouble connecting the decisions with the items
that I write about now I am thinking about how the discussions can help with
other items in the class and also a little bit on other areas outside of the
classroom. Since I first started the
class I mostly read books that interested me but since I have been reading the articles
I have had to find new ways to read the challenging articles that are assigned in
class by reading them slower and actually taking a little breather about every
15 minutes or so to thank about what I just read and to piece together what the
article is trying to tell me and what they are hinting at and trying to make
you think about. This has also effected
how I read my normal novels as well by reading them a little more slowly I am
able to pull out more details the first time I read it. I have also been having to reread the
articles to make since of them instead of waiting like a year or two before I
reread a normal novel.
The discussions
have helped in the class and have made it a lot easier to write the papers and
give me ideals on what to write about and how to structure my paragraphs a
little better. They have also made it
where I am able to expand a little easier when trying to find out what I am
going to say and expand on it a little farther then I would normally when I am
just talking to someone for I have never really liked writing long papers but
the discussions that we have had in class have made it easier and more
interested trying to get more of my thoughts down on paper. By writing these papers and going over on how
to write better has helped me in some of my other classes where I have needed
to write lab write-ups telling about what we did in the lab and how I came up
with the final conclusion.
By
having the discussions in class that are more open and we are trying to find
the answers ourselves by discussing what the point is and having little debates
on defending our own point of view about it has made it easier to find ways to
write the papers and making it where we need to read the texts a little more closely
to understand the articles. This has
changed my reading pattern a little to where I would read for like an hour or
two then take a brake by finding time throughout the day and reading a little
here and a little there then reading it again and try and get it done in one
sitting where I am thanking on how the section that I am on connects to the
parts that come before it and the parts that come after it for I usually do not
thank about what is coming up in a book even though I know some people enjoy
trying to gees what is going to happen in the book before you get to that point
in other words trying to find out what it is foreshadowing.
I have
really enjoyed this class and how it applies to my other classes and has also
made me think about how I am reading and writing not only for this class but
other areas that I have to read or write about something that I thank is boring
at first glance but is actually a little interesting in how it challenges you
to come up with ways to write about the topic.
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