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“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
― Albert Einstein
― Albert Einstein
The skills I have learned in this
class are many so I will touch briefly on the ones I have found most
helpful. It's amazing how I was able to implement these techniques
into other coursework as soon as they were learned. Close reading of
text was something we learned early on in this semester and I found
to be very useful. Just the act of underlining any words that I found
interesting or looking for themes that are re-occurring within the
text is a very useful skill. I used to be afraid to mark up a book
and refrained from this practice. Now I find that this practice has
me looking for elements within the text much more closely. It's like
a scavenger hunt! I find that I am erasing from all of my textbooks
at this point in the year in order to turn them back in. But that's a
good thing. It means that I am using this skill that I have learned
in this class. I really enjoyed the reading of “Bartleby the
Scrivener” the most. The style of Melville is unique and I have
since took to finally reading “Moby Dick” after all of these
years. I was surprised by “A Modest Proposal” having no fondness
for it initially but having that change after looking for the
underlying message contained within. I have met the learning outcomes
by effectively synthesizing information into well focused essays. By
relying on good essay structure and method I was able to construct
papers of which I am very proud. By sticking to the formula of
pre-writing, outlining, developing focused thesis statements and
topic sentences for each supporting paragraph I was able to hone the
craft of communicating effectively through writing. I have seen the
benefit in real time in my papers constructed in other classes. One
of the challenges I have met and overcome in this class I have
mentioned previously. This has to do with reading and analyzing text
that I did not believe I would enjoy such as Swift. I find that I
have a different taste of subject matter and was resistant to this
work at the outset. However, when I looked for elements hidden within
such as character roles and the like I found the text I was adverse
to open up before me and come alive in a new and profound way. Great
class Ms. Cline! Thank you.
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