One of the things that caught me off-guard in this course though, would be the fact that we had to construct this blog. I had never heard of any course having this type of evaluation before, unless I just never paid attention before. I must admit that at first I didn't really like the idea of having to write 10 posts and allowing other people to openly comment on them. I was also apprehensive about having to comment on five other people's posts. But after starting to write and getting the hang of things, I began to enjoy it. It allows us to openly give our opinions about the stories and poems we have read, the fact that we could openly dislike something was refreshing. It was refreshing because in high school they pretty much told us to suck it up and we couldn't quite voice our opinions like we can here.
The stories and poems we read, for the most part, were interesting. I wonder, though, why a good deal of the reading material had the subject of death or loneliness in it someway or another. It almost seems as though all the good writers were depressed or something. As for the essays, I have come to terms with the fact that they are going to follow me everywhere I go. This course has taught me to deal with it in the best way possible, which is be prepared. As well, all of the editing assignments has made me more conscious of the mistakes I make in my everyday writing. (Even though sometimes no one can tell)
So I would like to end this post by saying that I enjoyed this course, and this blog. The freedom to truly say what we want about any piece of writing is awesome (the only word I can think of at the moment to describe it). I also feel that this course has helped many of us become better editors of our work, and other people's work for that matter. I could probably keep rambling on in my normal fashion, but I shall cut it off by saying I hope the students after us have the same appreciation for this course as many of us have gained.
Ashley- I like this post, you shared a lot of valid points about the course that I never really thought about! I'd also like to make a quick comment about the fact that mostly everything we've read was about death or something depressing. I was wondering maybe the people who constructed the book never thought about the fact that we are first year university students, and we are already depressed enough as it is! Or in another sense, perhaps they did it purposely so we could relate better to the stories and poems! Haha, seriously though, your vocabulary (as we've been telling you since we were 13) is absolutely gorgeous, and your grammar and feel for writing really flows in this post! Thanks for sharing!
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