Week 8 Progress

A funny meme I found about progress, which is today's topic of blog post

This semester has been pretty difficult, now that I am getting into some tougher upper division science courses. Biochemistry and Physics have been uniquely tough, but very challenging in a good way. In terms of this class, I have had to be able to learn to be more creative in writing and improve aspects of my writing, which I have not done since AP Language and AP Literature at my high school, which has been tough, but very rewarding to grow in any area outside of my major. That is part of a well-rounded, liberal education that creates free-thinkers and world changers. My progress in this class has been good, and I have been able to keep pace with an A, but I think I will take some time over spring break to do some extra credit assignments to bump my grade so I have more time during the school year. Besides, I will be recovering from wisdom teeth surgery, so I'll nothing better to do! Moving forward, I would like to use the grace period less and give more time and priority to this class whenever possible. I am gunning for an A, and I would like to be able to maintain a 4.0 again this semester!

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

A cool feedback meme that I found on a blog this week.

Feedback is a really important component of creating a growth mindset in an individual. I think all of the comments on my stories and storybook project have been really beneficial for me in developing as a writer and as a reader, as well. I personally feel like my comments have been overall of decent quality. I always try to encourage first, and then suggest a way that they can improve. I really do feel like the introduction blog post comments have been great and so much fun to do, since we all do not physically meet, and it brings a sense of community to the class. Looking forward, I'd like to spend more time on my comments and give greater deliberation to what I am saying to each person. Being more thoughtful is something I could improve on. 

Week 8 Reading and Writing

I chose this image because reading the story of the tar baby in dialect was a fun experience for me, and it reminds me of my childhood because Splash Mountain in Disney World is themed after the Brer Rabbit stories. 

Overall, I have been really pleased with the course and its structure. The reading and writing assignments are engaging and fun, so it's not really a hassle to complete them at all. My blog website got some reorganization and a color scheme change, so hopefully that has spiced it up and easier and more enjoyable to read. My storybook project site feels exactly the way I want it to, with my story being based on the Divine Comedy, so I'm happy with that as well. I think my biggest writing accomplishment in this class has been writing my Brother Rabbit story because I got to change the ending, dialect used, and characterizations of people in order to craft a new story that bears a striking resemblance to the original, while being its own new thing. I still think that my favorite reading so far has been The Odyssey because of its classic status in literature and how it got me into reading mythology and folklore as a younger kid, and a big reason why I took this class! Looking forward, I would just like to continue to try to spend an adequate amount of time on the reading and writing so that I get the out of each assignment.