REFLECTING ON THIS SEMESTER

    I have to admit, I will miss this class. Most every class I have, I am happy for it to be over with. However, I am sad this class has come to an end.

     Although I sat alone and focused on doing my own thing most every day, I have learned more about my classmates from simply observing than I ever could have in any other class.

    I learned that Alonika and Alexia are great friends to each other, with a humour I don’t understand (and probably never will) but their laughter was contagious. Sometimes it was incredibly difficult to mind my own business and refrain from looking up.

     I learned that Enrique (whomst I have never spoken to in my life before we were called upon to read a poem together) is incredibly intelligent, and has a unique view on almost any topic you give him. He talks as if he wants the whole room to listen... but it’s okay, because we are.

     I learned heaps through checking out my classmate’s blogs, which I did often. I learned of Kat’s struggle yet positive attitude, I learned of Miren and Allison’s hardest times through their mini memoir. I learned of how Alejandro feels in this school. I learned so much.

     Mostly, in this class I learned there is more to people than what meets the eye. I know I learned lots on writing, but I think the most valuable lesson I learned here was about the people I go to school with on an everyday basis. I believe we are all guilty of false judgement, creating our opinions on people before we actually know them for who they are. This semester killed every part of me that was quick to do so.

     Writing opens up the opportunity for people who don’t normally talk aloud to express their feelings, their memories, the nitty gritty details of their experiences. This semester, I learned a life lesson and saw writing for the purpose it should always be used for.

I thoroughly enjoyed this class and if I could take it a thousand more times, I would.

Miranda Dunlap