Ready to read!
Library at Chirk Castle, Wales. Photo by Brian Smithson on Flickr.
After reviewing the weekly assignments, I'm feeling excited about the amount of freedom this class provides! All my other classes this semester are quite strict in terms of requirements (they're mostly just exams), so I'm looking forward to more self-expression and self-guidance in this class. The only core assignment I've had experience in is the reading. I enjoy writing but haven't written a story since I was a kid and I've never done creative writing in school, so I'm excited to try that out and improve. I'm usually pretty private and wouldn't dare post my writing or thoughts online for my peers to see, but I actually do look forward to commenting on other people's posts and receiving feedback on mine. I think it'll be nice to have this class that is so different in both structure and content than my other classes!
The extra credit assignments I'm most excited about are the growth mindset posts, HEART posts, and famous last words posts. I think these could serve as great personal reflections, and these are things I'd consider doing even if not in the class. I think the Wikipedia Trails idea is also really cool! When I was a little younger, I would sometimes play the Wiki Game, which is an online race to get from one random topic to another random topic on Wikipedia. Wikipedia Trails seems similar and I think I might enjoy it! I'd also enjoy looking at other people's trails. It looks like I have the opportunity to grow on a personal level as well as an academic one in this class, and that really motivates me.
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