In the beginning of the year when we all introduced ourselves, I defined myself as a person that always sought self-improvement. This year, honestly is one of the most rehabilitating years I’ve had. This course was well designed, and it will be memorable to me because of how life-changing this course has been. I’ve applied the things I learned in this class to my personal experiences and it made a difference. The power of language is something we learned throughout the time of this course. The power of language has the ability to change anything and it is quite flexible in terms of freedom. Depending on intent, language can be used for the good, or evil. This was important to know, the devices we learned were key techniques that brought me to the right way of thinking. We learned how to think for ourselves basically.
To think for ourselves, is sometimes all we have. Our mind is easily tricked if we don’t observe it carefully. Our reason is often succumbing to our desires, thus making poor choices. And these poor choices are a product of our lack of thinking. This was exemplified in our propaganda assignments. Mainly, Animal Farm; this novel by George Orwell will continue to be a classic to me, I’ll continue reading it -- it’s a masterpiece that directly reflects the current “flaw” of people. Learning how to observe these flaws and see the bigger picture can make a difference. Also, Lolita is a life-changing book that changed my outlook. One thing that I learned in this class is to let our beliefs be challenged, Lolita is the perfect example. Personally, I view it as a love story.
The writing assignments that I’ve done varied from prohibition of marijuana to the analysis of Lolita; these issues had improved the way I think. Mainly, the assignments had shaped my thinking in such a way that it’s hard for me to look at things as simply “black and “white”.
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To end this year, I’d like to thank the students for helping whenever it was needed and especially our teacher Jennifer Gross! We did it! Congrats to everyone for still being in this class, it was a lot of work and everyone deserves a pat on the back. I hope you guys got as much out of it as I did. It’s not over yet, but the finish line is near and it’s about time to celebrate! Work hard, good luck to everyone.
To think for ourselves, is sometimes all we have. Our mind is easily tricked if we don’t observe it carefully. Our reason is often succumbing to our desires, thus making poor choices. And these poor choices are a product of our lack of thinking. This was exemplified in our propaganda assignments. Mainly, Animal Farm; this novel by George Orwell will continue to be a classic to me, I’ll continue reading it -- it’s a masterpiece that directly reflects the current “flaw” of people. Learning how to observe these flaws and see the bigger picture can make a difference. Also, Lolita is a life-changing book that changed my outlook. One thing that I learned in this class is to let our beliefs be challenged, Lolita is the perfect example. Personally, I view it as a love story.
The writing assignments that I’ve done varied from prohibition of marijuana to the analysis of Lolita; these issues had improved the way I think. Mainly, the assignments had shaped my thinking in such a way that it’s hard for me to look at things as simply “black and “white”.
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To end this year, I’d like to thank the students for helping whenever it was needed and especially our teacher Jennifer Gross! We did it! Congrats to everyone for still being in this class, it was a lot of work and everyone deserves a pat on the back. I hope you guys got as much out of it as I did. It’s not over yet, but the finish line is near and it’s about time to celebrate! Work hard, good luck to everyone.
