Reflection
May 23, 2010To be honest, I did not know what to expect coming into this class. Just the title of the course “Dreams” was intriguing and I could not wait to see what this class had in store for me. After reading Freud, I knew it was going to be cool to read other dream theorists to see what they had to say. Even though some have agreed with Freud, others have disagreed which created an interesting argument and opened up a whole new way of thinking about dreams. Then I was very excited to compare our readings with our Dream Blogs. I have some crazy dreams sometimes and it was cool to get everybody else’s take on them, as well as give them my input on their dreams to see what we come up with. I felt this class was helpful and unforgettable. I learned a lot more than I thought I would have. Not only that, but I look at things in a different way. Like this class, many of my other English classes had me reading a lot, and anytime I came across a dream sequence, I’d think of what we read in class! Now I’m interested in reading books that include Magical Realism, like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, he is now one of my favorite writers! I’m also going to try and finish the Unconsoled over the summer. Since the Professor liked it so much, I’m excited to see how it turns out!
Overall, I’m definately going to take everything from this class and inform other people of what I’ve learned! Especially from the Research Paper. The way we went about revising, like highlighting the Claim, Evidence, and Analysis in different colors to express how it showed the balance of the paper, helped out a lot. I can definately use this technique in any of my other classes and I’m glad he broke it down the way he did. Not many Professors are that helpful and involved in their students’ works.