Because I wrote a post commenting on a favorite lesson of the year, I thought it would be necessary to write a post commenting on a least favorite lesson of the year. I promise I didn’t create this post to bash Mr. Bruno. : )
My least favorite lesson of the year was that involving the research paper. The lesson was not my least favorite because of the length of the assignment. I feel as though I did not learn anything about myself when partaking in the lesson. With each unit prior and after, I learned something about myself or about an attribute of life. For example, when reading Jane Austen’s, Pride and Prejudice I learned I should not let my first impressions formulate my opinions of another. I was not able to apply life lessons when writing my research paper. I learned more about the author and how his life related to his piece. Although I claim this lesson to be my least favorite, I did find the connections between an author and his work to be quite interesting.
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Um...I definitely see where Heather Brown is coming from. I feel like my least favorite lesson was the research paper as well. I believe it was my lowest grade and I knew so when I turned it in. I don't know if it was becuase I had chosen a novella and not something with more material within it, but it was hard to expand on and with my abilites, I felt as if I didn't get everything out of the story like a professional would have. I think the research paper was a good idea, it's just that I feel it was too broad and should have more set rules for next year. Maybe then it'll be easier to write about something that's worth reading 15 pages of.
ReplyDeleteUgh the research paper. Don't remind me.
ReplyDeleteThe first lesson I thought of when I thought least favorite lesson was the one on ethics and morality. Maybe it was because I don't feel like I really understood it, or maybe I was just really angsty that day...but it stands out for some reason.
The Research paper for the same reason as Heather. I also must admit that i still don't like Pride and Prejudice because of the character portrait we had to draw, and I did Bingley. 'Nice guy' end of project.
ReplyDeleteI'm with kelly on this one cause i was real confused during the ethics and morality lesson. I even made a point of staying awake cause Bruno said it was difficult to understand and I still didn't know what the heck was going on.
ReplyDeletethe research paper was painful. There is not any topic in the world that i have 15 pages worth of things to say about. nothing. i felt like i was having to repeat things in different words to make it long enough which means it was probably crap but, what can i say, I'm not a skilled writer.
Romanticism was my least favorite. I was a huge fan of the class, but not that particular segment. I loved the ethics and morality lesson, that's one of my favorites, actually. It was good stuff.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the Chaucer unit was the worst. I mean, I guess I'm glad I read it, so at least now I'm familiar with it, but I really hate old English. I didn't understand a lot of it and it was a pain to read. And it wasn't even finished! Not even remotely! rawr. But other than that, I pretty much enjoyed all the other things we read.
ReplyDeleteOnly the research paper because I was getting annoyed with the DE kids complaining that they had to write a 4-5 page research paper, when that isn't even hard. But it was a challenging assignment so I didn't mind that and it will prepare us for term papers. I would have to agree with Anna, although some of the Chaucer's stories were interesting, I didn't particularly like the Rules of Courtly Love. Rules surrounding love is just annoying to me.
ReplyDeleteMy least favorite was the paper comparing Things Fall Apart and Crime and Punishment I wish that those two assignments would have been two different papers then make the compare and contrasting paper an additional paper. I felt like we kind of jumped in to that paper. .I liked Canterbury tales but I bummed that we didn’t get to read The Millers Tale I just thought it would be so educational (haha Mr.B.) I really loved this course.
ReplyDeleteEven though my research paper was extremely bad i feel like i learned from it. But my least favorite lesson...hmm. Probably around the time of the canterbury tales. i dont even really remember what we were supposed to get out of that and i just didn't enjoy it enough. and i agree with luke i loved the ethics and morality lessons. i know i never really contribute to the class, but i really listen to what everyone has to say and think about it.
ReplyDeleteResearch paper, hands down. Why in the world was such a cruel thing invented?
ReplyDeleteI also seemed to loathe the unit with Chaucer. His..oldspeak was highly confusing at times and kinda made me want to jam my head into a newly formed crevice in the wall, made with said head.
However, I really did love the ethics and morality talk. It was very eye opening to actually discuss what one anothers' philosophies are.
Basically, I didn't find our lessons on Frankenstein to have been very informative. I think as a class, none of us fully grasped the purpose of the novel, and therefore couldn't elaborate in class discussions. Or perhaps our discussions were so stinted because we were still starting the year off and were not willing to openly voice our opinions. Either way, I really don't feel I can apply anything from the novel into my life.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Heather, I think that was the only project that really had me stumped. I felt challenged this year, which I like, but I didn't like that we didn't know when the date was. I think it'll be better next year, but I feel if it were a year long project, or semester, it would have been easier.
ReplyDeletehahahaha my least favorite discussion were the ones about the Canterbery Tales! I couldn't stand them, and their ridiculous meanings and symbolism blah blah blah! It was so uninteresting! I know that the tales are an important piece of literature, but they weren't that mind blowing to me. Were they suppose to be?
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