Overall, I really enjoyed ENGL101s. From learning different forms of rhetoric to mastering the stases, I genuinely believe that I have become a better writer. I thought that the class was successful because:
- Friendly environment
- Different peer edit workshops
- Interesting lectures; never bland
- Awesome teacher (that means you, Carolyn!)
There were two flaws with the course that I wanted to point out also. For one, I thought that "Considering Another Side" should have been done earlier in the semester. Thus, students would have been required to choose final paper topics earlier in order to write a paper that counters their beliefs. The biggest problem, though, was that we did not have enough class time to work on our final papers. Honestly, we should have had at least two weeks to work on the paper. In those two + weeks, we could have had 3 full draft workshops, and we could have devoted 2 classes towards personal conferences with Carolyn to make sure that our final paper was following the guidelines.
Overall, I was happy with my experience in ENGL101s.
Thanks for taking the time to read my final blog!
-Mark B.
p.s. I only had wonderful things to say about you in the course eval Carolyn. Thank you for being a great mentor and person. You made the experience!
