Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Last thoughts about the class

Im mainly writing this for Tony but if someone else reads it that's awesome too. So here are my completely honest last thoughts on the class and what i found hard or what i really liked. Here goes...

So i think that every class was fun to go to and it was because of the unusual discussions we had in class. I think right off the bat everyone felt that they are a part of a very unusual class setting that i doubt i will experience again. I think that's why it felt literately like leaving a very fun summer camp of the last day of class. Furthermore i like most people in the class have never clapped for a teacher just for being awesome but Tony definitely deserved it!Having the plurk website was a way to feel like you where just chatting with people outside of class for fun. It really made me feel like i was bonding with the class. That feeling was strengthened by the class discussions, i think my favorite one was where Tony just stopped talking and let us work as a class, that rocked. I loved leaving each class with new ideas and with a slightly puzzled train of thought. I always left the class in a better mood even if the day before that sucked. It was the only class where the thoughts of the student REALLY mattered. The ideas in class could flow from one topic to another one and then yet to another one and there no limits to the ideas we could come up with. Being able to learn from books, pics, videos, and websites just felt like such a well rounded experience.

Every person got something different from this class. The amount of energy put into it probably is the best measure of the outcome. For myself i think i tried to do my best in class and on plurk. Truth be told i didn't always feel like my ideas matched up to some of the other people in the crowd but oh well i enjoyed sharing with the class even if there would be that awkward silence afterwords (I just found the silence hilarious as time went on.) Yet my biggest challenge was to keep up with all the work at one, from book discussions to plurking, to reading a book for class and then blogging about it, followed by having a life outside of class. Despite the hardships i wouldn't take it back at all or change it, because i enjoyed every part of the process. I appreciate the understanding that Tony had for me being behind on some of the tasks.

If i could i would totally take the class again haha I hope that Tony got everything that he wanted and more out of this class. Thanks for making it. The world seems different after taking this class. I really enjoyed it!!!

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