Some closing words...

I’m writing this blog in hopes that it will be taken as constructive criticism. I have an opinion and I believe that everyone has a right to their opinion. So here's mine on this past semester and my experiences in ETHS 210.

Overall, the class was ok. It had its ups and downs for me. There were some things that I found to be a bit unfair at times and some projects got a little far fetched. At some point I would have been just as happy reading a book, taking quizzes, and writing papers. Call me boring, but that's just me.

I understand that Irene’s reasoning for setting up the class the way she did this semester was to enlighten us and make the class fun and exciting as well as educating. And it was fun. But at times some of the projects got a bit annoying, I have to say. And I’m sorry if this hurts anyone's feelings, but just felt like the projects needed to be more thought out. Deadlines needed to be more enforced. Criteria needed to be carefully explained. I felt like some of the assignments for our projects seemed a bit vague at times.

I thought that having four TA's was a bit unnecessary. Two would have been fine. And there seemed to be a conflict of interest with the TA's. I found it interesting that 3 of the 4 TA's were known to be associated with PACE and a good amount of students in the class were also in PACE and were friends with the TA's prior to taking the class. Since none of mixed persuasian is either, I felt that this may have given other groups a higher advantage when it came down to group competitions or projects.

In all honesty, I did not learn much in this class this semester, and I wish I had. Although I found our activities to be fun, I did wish that there may have been more reading and analyzing involved in the curriculum.

In spite of all of this, I did enjoy, for the most part, being in this class. I met new people, made new friends, and had new experiences. I’m sorry if this blog hurts anyone's feelings and I hope it won't affect my overall grade. I just hope everything I said is taken into consideration for the future ETHS 210 classes.

Take care,
Donna