Course Reflection

Since when did senior-itis kick in before your senior year even started? I know for me its extensively hard to get back in the school mindset(even though its already the 3rd week). But I digress.

So far I am finding this class very interesting. I have taken classes with Dr. C before so I kind of knew what I was getting myself into when I signed up for it. I always enjoy classes that focus on open discussion because I see myself as an opinionated person. Along with that I always like to question peoples opinions just to really see why they feel the way they do regardless of how I feel about the subject. So that aspect of class I am excited to continue.

After already having one round of the love-hate debates, I think it was a peculiar activity. The fact that we did not prepare arguments with our opposition made it an interesting experience. Mary and I each had specific topics that we were going to discuss and defend about Miley and we assumed that we would alternate rounds. But during their first critique we realized they were discussing one of Mary's topics so we scrambled our material around and sent Mary back out their to have our girl Miley's back(in which she succeeded). I had to rearrange my entire argument on the spot in able to defend what they were saying but I found that exciting as opposed to knowing exactly what I was going to say. 

I am looking forward to the lip sync battle. I didn't even know this was happening until I re-read the syllabus like 5 minutes ago but I AM PUMPED. I like to think of myself as a karaoke connoisseur, my peers have told me numerous times how fantastic my performance of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was at Jeff's Bucket Shop. The thing that worries me is the atmosphere, I won't be in my normal environment so it may throw me off. But again, I digress. 

Something that I always find challenging in Dr. C's classes are the quizzes and tests. I sometimes feel as if I have the material completely understood but when I get hit with pop quizzes and try to prepare for tests I somehow can't recall the material I just read 30 minutes ago. I have had this problem all through school so I am starting to understand the work that goes into being able to actually "know" the material not just glazing over it and thinking you know it. Also I usually have trouble being extremely thorough in my blog posts. Since it is such and informal thing, I have trouble throwing a lot of thought into my responses. I am used to just mindlessly typing something that sounds like I somewhat know what I am talking about but that clearly isn't going to work in this class(by example of my 1st blog post). In reality, in order to succeed in the things I am worried about I just have to put the effort in. Like I said senior-itis is pretty strong right now since graduation is right down the road, but in order to succeed(and pass my classes so I can graduate on time) I just have to put the work in. 

I want to conclude this post with 3 things.
1. This class is going to get very interesting
2. Me and Mary definitely won our debate
3. YOU BETTER WATCH OUT IN THE LIP SYNC BATTLES. I AM COMING FOR ALL OF YOU.

peace. love. lax.
Tim