Final Thoughts

I wasn't sure what to expect going into this class, and I'm still not sure what this class is. I enjoyed our discussions, and looking at how speech and identity develops, but the overall layout of the course left me questioning what I gained. I did the readings and did my best to keep up with blog posts, but I found it difficult. The blog posts were not easy to write without prompts. This is mainly due to a lack of understanding of the course material on my part. I am a writing minor and at times I felt disadvantaged in my comfort with the material we were working with. Some of the writing majors seemed to have spent time with much of the material or similar works, before.

Despite these misgivings, I did enjoy the class. Kirk is a great professor and made a very welcoming classroom. He seemed to care about the students in the class and that made for a much more enjoyable semester. Hopefully this course will develop into a more structured format, because I think it could be fun and valuable material for the writing program.