so far...

I first want to start with what I absolutely love about this class and highly appreciate, less busy work. My roommate is also in a hybrid 39C class right now, but every night it seems she has random busy work assignments that we never do. I really appreciate that we don’t have these assignments because it allows me to focus on the bigger assignments. However, I’m not sure if it’s the way the class is designed, but I always feel very confused when it comes to writing the papers. I was more confused on the last one than this one, but I feel like there isn’t enough direction. Personally, I would rather spend class time on the structure and content of the paper, rather that what not to do, or reading others examples. While those are both very helpful, I feel like they are things we could do on our own time to help ourselves. Another thing, that I am sure is just part of the class, is the fact that the plant we pick the first day is the plant we are stuck with. I just feel like even though all of the essays are based on different aspects of the plant, after a while of researching, it all blends together. It is becoming very difficult to differentiate the two, while trying to not be repetitive. I like the weekly blog topics much much more than the 39B topics because I feel like these are more personal and less structured. Overall, I am slightly struggling to keep up, which is something very new for me. I need to prioritize more because meeting once a week is actually causing me fall behind. Hopefully it will all work out in the end.