Hello Professor Jeanne,
This class has been my first English class I ever have taken at Baruch as being a new student. I would say I don’t regret taking this class at all and my fellow colleagues can agree with me as well. I loved how open and expressive you can be in this class. I really enjoyed the open discussions we had sitting in a circle. Listening to each of my classmate’s ideas it has opened my mind to view ideas in different perspectives in ways I would have not imagined. I think this class is a very knowledgeable and crucial to one’s education. Not just for education but beneficial to the real world.It made me look at the world and analyze it differently. For example, when we talked about nihilism it made me wonder about my existence. In class, I liked how in the readings I could take the shoes of the character and picture myself in their world.
I agree with Kelly as well. I love how Jeanne encouraged us and put forward a friendly atmosphere to share our ideas while doing our free exercises. I think by doing that we the reader have a more clear and better understanding of the readings. This class as definitely not just made us improved our critical thinking but helped us improve our writing skills as well. I agree that I too have to improve my grammar skills. I think this class as pushed us out of our comfort zones to be more mindful and think out the box. I have definitely learned to go behind the lines and grasp what the author is saying. I also enjoyed doing the final project. It made me bring out my creativity talent. Although it was challenging with hard work and planning it helped us discover nothing is impossible. I think behind the scenes were sometimes aggravating and hilarious at the same time but it helped us learn nothing in life is perfect. One simply does not know how many scenes it takes over and over to finally get the final cut you desire. This project has helped me and my partner to push ourselves beyond our comfort zones and we achieved skills necessary for the real world.
I agree with William as well. I think this English class was very enjoyable and we learned and acquired new skills we can take with us. This class as helped me to analyze the text more rather than summarize. Now I can look at a text and skim through it and find specific quotes or ideas. I can pinpoint those quotes and further deeper analyze and interpret what author is saying. I also enjoyed the readings as well and like how we took a closer look at specific lines and quotes which made us understand the reading better. Even though it was a hybrid class I feel like we had a full face to face experience twice a week. Thank you for the experience!