Blog 5

My favorite thing about this class is only meeting once a week. This allows class to be more productive and informative versus slow and merely busy work. Spending less time in class also provides me with more time to get my studying/homework done and provides more flexibility in my schedule to work. The small class size is great because it’s easier to ask questions and allows us to work in groups. I did not enjoy the library research tutorial. Though the information was useful, the tutorial was time consuming and could have easily been provided in one of our regular class sessions. Blog posts are good assignments because they are generally opinion based and not strict on format. However, the main aspect of this class, the research papers, are somewhat stressful for me since the two main papers are half our grade. Writing is something you cannot study for, you have to do your best to present a good argument and present it convincingly and appropriately to your target audience. However, it’s a good thing that we are turning drafts in first so we can improve our writing and work our way to a good paper.