Post one for this week

This Monday we discussed the end of project two and began to discuss our next project. I think that the packet we went over contained useful information, but I think we should have done something that involved the class more in order to really make the information sink in. Other than that, I thought the topics that we discussed were interesting and I believe it will be helpful when we are writing our argumentative essays. I look forward to discussing conspiracy theories on Wednesday, it will be quite interesting to see what topic everyone has chosen to bring to class.

Last weeks post for Wednesday

As convenient as the internet is, I really dislike having online work that is mentioned at the beginning of the year and is never brought up again after that(my other classes mainly). Nonetheless, this blog is simple and easy and like many others; I forget about it almost every single week. It's a fun idea, but it's something that adds a little bit of stress every Friday or Saturday when I remember that I didn't do my blog posts.

Don't get me wrong, I really do enjoy assignments like this! However, sometimes the internet just tends to drive me a little bit crazy.

Last weeks post for Monday

Last Monday we went over some writing assignments and that seemed like a pretty normal day. However, once we reached the closing minutes of the class we discovered that we would not have class on Wednesday and that we would have multiple revised essays due the following week. The not having class on Wednesday was helpful, but I would suggest that you make some adjustments for revision meetings in the future. I found it somewhat helpful, but it wasted too much time while we were waiting for our session. As far as the essays go, three papers aren't a big deal when it comes to revising... Except for the fact that this assignment landed on Homecoming weekend. So that created some unnecessary stress, but overall I was able to manage it with a little less sleep this past weekend.

Monday Class Post

This Monday we did a lot of discussing about all of our current essay projects. I look forward to working on and revising these papers, even though it's going to be quite the task. I enjoyed the activity where we got to decide on what theme we would have chosen for other student's papers. I think that type of "criticism" is beneficial to everyone in the class. I definitely think it's going to be a busy couple of weeks with all of these papers to work on, however, I think it will be a good experience to go through this kind of revising as a class.

1st Blog of the Week

So far it's only Tuesday and this week has already been quite interesting to say the least. Monday was pretty average, I got drenched on the way to class and received quite a bit of homework. But the real kicker came when I stayed up until 4 a.m. working on a sociology essay, that was a fantastic time. However, today has gone well so far; the weather is fairly nice and I have time to take a nap before my two and a half hour lecture tonight! More then anything, I am looking forward to this weekend because it's going to be an amazing time spent with some even better people!

Thanks for reading!

- Caleb

Hump Day Review

This Wednesday's class was very interesting when it came to learning about how to go about writing different types of "descriptive" essays. I really liked that we went over multiple examples as a class so that we all would have a good idea of what you're looking for. We talked about not summarizing in essays and I found that difficult in the movie essay; since you basically have to do some summarizing in order for the paper to make sense. However, I liked that we went over different ways to avoid doing things like summarizing. Overall, I thought it was a productive day and I look forward to writing the essay about the song of our choosing.

- Caleb