Friday, December 2, 2011
Blog #10
First of all, I survived more than a month without Facebook and I LOVED it! I felt so disconnected to the drama, and more connected to myself. I was able to stop worrying about everything going on in other people's lives and worry about how I'm living my own life. I never would have even bothered to even try getting away from Facebook if I hadn't had this class. I enjoyed that every book that we read was different but they all shared common themes. They all focused on the media and technology, they all discussed the things that rule our lives, whether it be Big Brother or the Feed, and they all discussed past and future cultures. This class has made me critically think about my views on some topics, and figure out exactly why I feel the way that I do. It has helped me form solid arguments for the beliefs that I strongly hold. I especially enjoyed the "Because It's good for you" segment. It reminded me why General Education classes are so important, and opened my eyes to how little I know about my own culture. I think that this class was taught extremely effectively. I learned so much more than I have in any other class and this class has prompted lots of deep and meaningful thought for me. I think I learned so much more than just literature, and I made friends through my discussion group as well! I really have taken a great deal from this class.
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I have to say you might be living your life deliberately and possibly simplifying it. It is nice to have a good class renew your spirit in college, isn’t it? Aren’t you glad I drilled plentitude in to your thoughts that you will never forget me or plenitude :P. I truly enjoyed all my discussion with you all even when we didn’t agree one minute or agreed every second. It’s always a good thing to learn something and enjoy it but applying it is important you did that with the month free of facebook. Keep on with that test yourself stay true and away from the drama life is too short. I too agree the class was taught extremely effectively and wonder if the professor knows how many people she will touch as she continues teaching.
ReplyDeleteI hope you continue to think critically not only in this class but other ones and even other books that you read! You'll be surprised at the things you can find if you just look a little deeper into a book.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you survived the month without facebook, I know I coundn't that's why I didn't but I'm happy you got to see what it is like!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you towards the end of your post, this was the most effective class I ever had as well. It taught me so much. I loved having all you guys in my group. Made the class a lot more interesting :)
Im glad that you enjoyed the class! because i did too. I also like how our eyes were opened to the good and bad of media and technology. I think leaving Facebook for a while would be a great thing for me, but i dont know if i could do it, haha. I also like the "because its good for you"- especially because you could tell that everyone in our class realized that there is so many more important things besides what their favorite actor or athlete posted on Twitter that day.
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