I had neutral feelings at the beginning of the semester. When this course began, however, I thought that I was going to hate my class and that I chose the wrong course. I was wrong though. I read some fairly interesting articles, stories and accounts throughout the entire class so far. Among others, “Let’s Spread the Fun Around”, “Hip Hop Theory of Justice”, and “Civil Disobedience” stood out to me the most; not to say the others didn’t. The course was different from most of the English classes that I’ve taken over the years. When the class had to interpret song lyrics, it reminded me of my English class in the seventh grade. My class did that once but just with Kanye West’s “All Falls Down”. I liked that a lot.
If I had to redesign this course, I wouldn’t change too many things about it. However, I would incorporate more stories and accounts of injustice from other ethnic groups. Everyone has their own story to tell but some stories are more heartfelt and heartwrenching than others. Although I’m not a full blooded Native American, I did have some prior knowledge of the injustices that Native Americans endured. I already know of the injustices that African Americans endure because I am mostly African American. It’s always refreshing to read stories about my ethnic groups. But I really do feel that I would learn more and be getting more from this course if I did read about other groups of people. I thought it would be interesting to know how others felt about injustice. No one lives a perfect life or lives in a utopian society. Injustice occurs everywhere and pretty much everyone.
I agree in some aspects and had mutual feelings at the beginning of the course. The feelings were of confusion and doubt that I was in the wrong course. The doubt and confusion later turned into understanding. I have learned alot in the course so far on race an justice also the way that there are two sides to all stories.
If i was to change the course I would make slight changes. overall the course is well thought out and organized but For a future semester I think more visual should be added. Not only that maybe next semester or the following the topics can vary from Race and Justice to Womens Rights in the United States. Also the developement and growth of minorities in the U.S. Also if race and justice can be incorperated in these topics the course will have an enormous amount of diversity and I think can make it slightly more interesting.
I Think that the blog can be a bit more interesting if the blogs were not always assigned every week but the profesor would just encourage the students to blog and remind them that the more they blog the higher there grade. I think the blog has very interesting topics but it lacks the attention of some students. My job would try to figure out a way to break that barrier and make it more relavent to a young adults life.
In conclusion these are just some changes that I think could take this course to the next level.