The most valuable thing I learned this semester was not to hold back anything when writing. I tend to always hold back with fear of blabbering, which then leads me struggling to meet the word minimum.
I am quite happy I was given the opportunity to be able to take English 150 online this semester. At first, I found it a little overwhelming because you constantly had to check the discussion board. Once I got used to the set dates for everything, it became easier to remember to check D2L. On the downside, I found I a little hard understanding some concepts, I feel as if face-to-face would be easier to learn for myself. I appreciate how quick Laurie and the other students responded to everyone’s questions, it made it a lot easier to start the work.
I also learned that being in an online class is much different from thinking of taking an online course. You have to be self-motivated to get all the work done. Also I found taking a class online makes me do all the readings versus class, where sometimes I would forget and get behind.
My favourite reading in this course was Yuki Tanaka’s Japan’s Kamikaze Pilots, because it explained why people commit themselves on suicide missions. I was glad to read why the people felt they needed to become suicide bombers/pilots. I think this is an important reading for people to understand what goes through their mind before immediately jumping to conclusions as to why they do it.
My least favourite read would have to be James Green Winter because I had a hard time deciphering it. It was well done and definitely put into a creative format, which I quite enjoyed but I felt that there were too many ways to interpret the information.
Thank you Laurie for letting me join this class!
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