Reflections on week 1

1. Are there any factors that you think are going to affect your participation or experience in this class? (Access to a computer, cell phone, transportation? Family that can help or hassle? Friends that can help or hassle? Scheduling factors that can help or hassle?)
2. Think of an awesome (or the best ever) learning experience (or an experience where you changed) What was it you learned? [call it X] Where were you? What happened? Who else was there? Did it teach you anything about how you learn (or pay attention... or ?) How did you know what was happening?
3. What are you most [excited/concerned] about in this class? What do you look forward to in learning? How do you think it can/will make a practical difference in your life?

1.     I cannot think of any immediate factors that might affect my participation or experience in this class but, of course, nothing is set in stone so some difficulties may arise in the future. These factors are likely to be related to scheduling. Hopefull there won't be much of missing other classes due to work for this class but if there is, I'm hopeing to work it out successfully.
2.     The summer of sophmore year I participated in a program called Fighting Back. It was about six weeks long and we met every Thursday. This program was directed towards the prevention of acohol and drug usage between teenagers. I loved how those in charge of instructing us were people doing what they loved and were willing to fight for what they believed. They were people that showed a deep intrest in the well being of youth. Every meeting we would have different activities whether they be physical or dicussion based. We also had guest speakers that came in and told us about their lives and how they went about changing for their own good as well as for the sake of their friends and family. The entire program was dedicated to showing youth how there are millions of ways in which they can have fun without having to intoxicate their bodies.
3.     I am definitley excited about the technology aspect of it. At first I was a bit skeptical about the whole idea but last year's students seem to have enjoyed it very much. Some have even taken an initiative into creating new programs that can help students learn through ways that deviate themselves from the typical classroom setting. English Literature froms part of our history and the more you know about your history, the more you learn about yourself. Much of the text we will surely analyze is sure to come up in the future whether it be in college or in casual converstion with educated adults.