- What I did this week:
-I finished studying for early this week’s modern American history quiz.
-I began to revise my rough draft of the analysis assignment early into the week and have nearly finished it to submit as a polished draft.
-I began to study a ton in preparation for my modern American history mid-terms next week.
-I went out 3 days this week for some exercise and to hang out with friends and family. - What went well this week:
-All my classes didn’t seem to have any problems with anything. Meaning my grades in their tests and quizzes are pretty satisfying for me so I’m doing good in that regards. - What was hard:
-Honestly, nothing in my life so far could be seen as hard. It might’ve been an annoying task to do for a class but for it to be challenging, I don’t remember anything like such happening this week. - To-do list:
-I have to keep studying a ton for my future modern American History mid-terms.
-Finish up revising my Analysis assignment’s rough draft.
-Catch up on some video lectures for Art History - Where I left off:
-I almost finished my Polished draft, however I’m sure I’ll be able to finish that soon.
-I have one more lecture in American Modern History left before I can start my review of the full course.
-I am only missing one video lecture to watch for Art History.
-I’ve been procrastinating in completing some Pre-calculus homework. Although it’s not due for another month I should still complete the questions I can at the moment. - I’m honestly feeling quite happy or satisfied at my progress with my writing. I’ve definitely made many mistakes in my writing but I’ve also learned how to incorporate different tones as well. It’s honestly quite fun but also scary to use different tones in my papers. Fun because I’m learning so many new ways to portray my thoughts, and scary because I always feel as though the tones I use may not be suitable for such an academic paper. One such paper was when I had written with a more lax attitude that was comedic. It fit with the theme of my paper but it was also risky because it I used such a tone for an academic paper.
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Writing Prompt:
The chapter I had chosen for this prompt was one of the chapters for this week’s readings of ENG 2100. The reason I had chosen this one was because of how it foretold a field of education that I had been slowly beginning to acknowledge as well. Tiffany Bourelle and Andy Bourelle, discuss about their views concerning the effectiveness of online classes in the field of education. They discuss this issue by first introducing to their audience about how benefits online classes bring. About how their versatility to be easy to access/attend classes at home makes for a suitable solution for people that are unable to attend classes in person due to complications. However they also make sure to straighten your doubts, because they know that people feel as though online courses are simply not as effective as face-to-face courses otherwise known as f2f courses. The Bourelle’s then address the main issue, that people believe online classes to be inferior to f2f classes. They feel as though this misconception is irrepairable if left alone and hope to change their audience’s minds on the effectiveness of online classes. So they proceed to discuss about the advantages online courses can bring to the table.
So they respond to many misconceptions they are aware that students may hold. I realized this part because I shared the very same thoughts/doubts the Bourelle’s had corrected. I thought of online classes as inefficient in comparison to f2f classes but I now realized I was wrong through both experience and this reading. Especially in this point in time with the entire Covid situation, students were forced into online learning. The start of online learning was terrible because teachers were not able to adapt as quickly as was required of their students. However as teachers began to adapt, online learning also began to improve marvelously. I didn’t need to google for more information on this topic because I’ve had discussions with teachers, students, family, adults, practically the majority of people I knew about why I disliked online classes. It was for the same doubts the Bourelle’s had cleared up. Some of these doubts could be how online classes can’t offer f2f feedback from your instructors, or maybe even online classes simply being too academically easy in comparison to f2f classes. However none of that is true and is disproved by the Bourelle’s.
One of the things I had noticed about this issue was how accurate the Bourelle’s were, when they spoke of these stereotypes/misconceptions regarding online classes. They discussed the public’s feelings when in concerns to achieving degrees online. How an online degree were usually looked down on in the work place as compared to degrees obtained by attending university in person. Even teachers themselves would advise against online classes because they feel their students won’t be able to learn as efficiently as in a classroom. The loss of interactions with their teachers and peers when sharing work would cause students to be set back. All these perspectives concerning online classes were incredibly accurate. What I was mostly impressed by in this chapter was how these truths mentioned concerning online classes could be so relatable to my own experiences. I had also remember conversations with other people about the very same stereotypes discussed. It was astonishing how accurate each statement they wrote was. I honestly wonder their thought process and the experiences they faced that led them to want to write such a chapter. As well as what led them to write the chapter in the way that they did. Was it because they are very passionate about this particular topic and hoped to spread awareness. Or did they simply want to have their audience, of young writers, become more open minded.