Final Blog Entry

Your final blog entry for the semester will be in two parts:

1. Look back over your own work for this class. What did you learn that you think is important or useful? Please give specific examples from your blog entries.

2. Pick one blog entry from a class mate (either class) that you found particularly valuable. Describe what your classmate did and why you find it interesting or etc.

(Yeah I posted the directions/blog assignment and what!?)

     Throughout my English 102 class I feel that I have learned a great many things as well as reintroduced some of my old writing habits. I've also met a couple of great people in this class. I originally only had the intention of going back to school to try and meet people and hopefully meet someone special. Yet this is slowly starting to change and I feel it might be very beneficial to me to obtain a degree as well as meet someone. I currently only have IT certifications (A+, Net+, MCP, MCSA, and MCSE) and I'm employed at the United Nations because of them.

     A few examples of what I have learned in this class can be seen from my posts. I think I have improved greatly on my analytical skills as well as my writing skills.  I also learned about archetypes and monomythic heroes/structures.  In my blog posts 2.1 and 2.2 I learned about archetypes.  Previously I didn't really know anything about it nor did I know anything of Joseph's Campbell famous book The Hero of a Thousand Faces.  In blog entry 3.1, I had to write about details of what I saw in a picture.  I never really put that much thought into a picture before this class and even now I'm starting to look at certain photos or ads on the subway.  I'm looking at them from a different perspective than before and starting to see things I didn't notice.

     Of All the blogs that I read of my former classmates, I must say that I would have to go with Era/Ira's final project that is titled Mistifiq Action in Progress.  A quick sum of it is a college student going through freshmen orientation or a "treasure hunt". I must admit, I think this is very beneficial to ANY student that is attending a college to go through something like this.  It gets them familiar with all the areas of the school and they learn where everything is.  It also helps set them up for success rather than for failure.  People don't plan to fail, they only fail to plan.  I know when I first entered college life years ago I was completely lost.  I didn't meet up with a guidance counselor till I was getting kicked out of school.  Looking back on it now, I only wish I knew then what I know now.

      I'm very thankful for getting back in school.  I believe money invested in an education is never a waste.  I look forward to continuing my education over here at Laguardia.  Hopefully I will continue having good luck in getting good Professors such as Dr. C. Jason Smith.  This will probably be my last blog entry for the semester and most likely for this class.