This semester was unlike any other. It was very complicated and stressful and for some students it was very depressing. There were certain classes that just gave you your assignments and called it a day. There were others that helped you threw it and spent time out of there day to help you.
From the begin I knew this class was different. I knew it was different by it being the only class that didn't use canvas. But a different place that is easier for students to navigate. Not only that but it was easy to make a meeting with our teacher. He was available most of the time. So when we did meet him he listened. To took into consideration what the students said. This has been a really hard time on most students so it was nice to see a teacher make an effort to get to knows. As well as hep us out he went out of his way to make a work product page for students. It wasn't necessary for him to make but he did it because he saw that his students were struggling.
Looking back the most meaningful moment was when we are a class were all able to voice our opinions. In most zoom calls students wont participate. To be honest most students will feel discouraged and unmotivated to try in class. But in this class students turned on there mic and some even turned on their cameras. It was meaningful to see that some students haven't given up. But instead they put in more work. One time a few girls even shared their dream job. I thought it was cool that they felt secure enough to share that with us.
Out of all the work I have done so far I am most proud of is the journal entrees that I did. Some of them were scary stories others were personal times that I went threw but I was happy to share them. In the beginning it was difficult to know what to write so most of the time. But as the class went on I just wrote my own ideas down. It in its self gave me my own sense of freedom and a calming sense of stress relive. I felt like it was a way to release stress for me.
I wish I could've tried more. I wasn't able to give my best for this class. There are some missing assignments I still haven't done. Even like blog post I haven't got to or like other things as well. I also wish I could've done better effort in my journal entrees. I know that are mistakes in some and that some aren't that interesting for others to read.
As I look for ward to the future I learned how to look more in to something I read. To look in between the lines and try to understand the authors point of view. most of the time I read I usually only pay attention but this taught me how to look from the author view and how to see why the author said this or chose to put this. doing this can help me by learning to read a persons personality. It teaches me to pay attention to the little things.
A text that I read this year was Five ancestors: Tiger. when I was reading this book I really needed to use a symbolism. In the book the author used the weapons that the monks use as a symbol. I enjoyed that book so I read the next one in that series it was called The five ancestors: monkey. The theme to this book was relatively different from others. It told the same story but from a different character prospective. It was vey interesting to read so I read the next book in that stories which was The five ancestors: Snake. With this book I had to use characterization. The snake in this book was different and he was a little bit odd for a character. Over all I suggest for you to read this book series. It talked about 5 young monks going on a journey. Plus you can even learn so Chinese along the way.