EC BLOG

first I would like to say that overall, I enjoyed the class. I didnt know what to expect at first but I liked the tools that were given to help me as a student become a better writer and reader, for example some of the literary devices we talked about like 'the straw man','bandwagon' and so forth. I also liked the different stories that we read because somehow regardless of what i thought about a piece, there was always something more to it and Ive never been a "out of the box" thinker so it was suprising and interesting to see what the class would come up with. one of my favorite pieces we read was about the important documents of history where there was a typed font, a calligraphy, and a hand written doc. I think I liked it so much because it seems like all of the "important" documents of America are written like that I just figured thats how they were written from "the beginning of time"...lol..but I always wondered why. Then the article was saying how the calligraphy print came from the times of monarchy and it was the ways of kings and queens. That kind of made me question why "America" adopted that idea if were a "Democracy".
I liked watching the videos, like the one of the band who was singing and they guy who was layin outside in the middle of the sidewalk, and then also the videos we had to watch and write a paper on because I learned to look at thevideos (well everything) as something thats not just put in front of me, but something that could have deeper meaning. I guess I liked the fact of exploring new meaning to the things I thought I knew.
I was looking forward to fall semester so I could take CW II, but looks as if all the classes are filled... (sad face to that one), this was my most favorite class of the year. thanks sloan!