What my colleagues thought was the "most important" thing

Now, it is only human that everyone learns differently. There is always something new that someone can learn everyday. For this assignment, we were to pick two of our colleagues and talk about what they thought was the most important thing they learned from the course. So, the two individuals I chose to talk about were Amber Pate and Heather Cook.

Just like me, Amber believed that the course would be a typical English course stating, "I expected it to be learning how to [write] a paper and then to write a bunch of them". Additionally, she was just as shocked when she found out that the course was flipped. She stated that she "never been in a classroom setting where everything was flipped", as well as, "... it was easier for me to ask questions and stay on track with the classroom". Furthermore, Amber liked how we used Google and all its different features throughout the course. What Amber learned from this English course was that it "doesn't have to be reading a bunch of books to write papers" and that "it is easier to write a paper if you are truly interested in the topic".

Just like Amber, Heather enjoyed learning about the different tools Google had to offer saying that "it [makes] [it] so easy to collaborate with classmates and I like how it automatically saves your work". I agree with both Amber and Heather, Google and its several tools really did help a lot during this course. Furthermore, the most important thing Heather took from this course was that she "[has] this!". Heather describes that this was the first class she has taken "in almost 10 years", so when she came back to school to take classes she was nervous. Good for you, Heather! It's great that even after so many years, you strived to continue with your education.

Personally, this English class has been one of my favorites. From this class, I've learned how to better myself with my poor time management skills and I plan to apply it to further courses.

The "Most Important" thing

*Disclaimer! I know this is late. I know this probably won't count toward my grade. I just wanted to write it just to help my colleagues with their second blog posts.*

Alright, my first semester at a new college and my first class here is my least favorite subject, English. Great. 9:30am rolls around and I decided to sit in what my instructor described as the "C" row. Once again, great, just the encouragement I needed. My first impression of the class was that since it was an English course I would be writing essays upon essays, as well as analyzing pieces of work that I actually had no interest in. However, this English course, taught by Mr. Hamon, was...different. Mr. Hamon stated that "this is going to be a [flopped] course". Ok...what exactly does that entitle? Well, come to find out, the course is literally flipped, which means that all the research and readings are done outside the class, while all the work/homework is done inside the classroom. Alright, new things...new experiences. I was hesitant though to say the least because even though it seemed that simple, I felt like there would be some complications with myself with it being the first time I experienced this kind of atmosphere for a course, and there were. Instead of writing essays upon essays, we wrote simple blog posts, and then the three more "weighted" assignments were as followed: a group project, a Wikipedia assignment (something new to me), and a regular research paper. So, my first impression of the course was not completely true, shockingly. My complications to such a simple course was simply poor time management skills because along with going to class, I was also working. With this course however, it taught me how to improve myself with the poor time management. From here on, I will take what I learned from this course and apply it to my other courses in the future.

Disruptions with my Doc3

When creating my Doc3, I had some disruptions that hindered my ability to create/work hard on my Doc3. My main disruption, when creating my document, is work. The job I work at occupies a lot of my time because I typically work doubles, not that I choose to but my manager chooses to schedule me as a double. So, by the time I get home, I'd choose not to stay up even more just to work on my assignment. Besides my work schedule being a hindrance to my assignment, my own procrastination or poor time management skills have disrupted my time. I've been in quite a slump this whole semester with my core classes, and so, I choose to not work on the assignments on my days off. Days go by, and what seems like out of nowhere, the assignment is due and I am left scrambling to do my assignment. However, I strive to push myself and to at least get a B, so if that requires me to pull an all nighter to work on my assignments I will. So those have been my disruptions with my Doc3. Did you have any disruptions when working on the document? If so, what were they?

Colleagues and their posts

This week Hamon's ENGL 2111 class, we had the job of peer reviewing each other's Doc3 posts. Each classmate was assigned two individuals to evaluate, and the two that I got were Gutierrez and Frenz. First, Mr. Gutierrez's Doc3 informed me on who Sappho was and what she did throughout her lifetime. He opens his introduction stating, "Sappho a women well known for her poetry and the way she quickly engages us trying to search deep into her fragments to discover her true personality and life", right away this lets me know who Gutierrez will be talking about in his assignment. In his assignment, he structures different sections in which relate to Sappho, further describing who Sappho was. Those three sections were: The Life of Sappho, the Poetry (her work), and Sappho's Legacy, all in which go into great detail. With these three well detailed sections, I learned who Sappho was and how she had an impact during her time. Second, Ms. Frenz's Doc3 informed me on who Ovid was. Frenz starts off by stating that Ovid's full name was Publius Ovidius Naso, and that "he was expected to be a lawyer" but turned and started to be a poet. I also learned that "he was a member of "Roman knightly class"", which is basically now-and-days high class. From her assignment, I've learned who Ovid was and what happened throughout most of his life.

Beauty in my Favorite song

Beauty can be found anywhere on this planet. It can be found in movies, songs, nature, people, food, and anything else that the individual sees as beautiful; however, this does not apply to everything! On the other hand, I personally find a lot of songs to be beautiful, having a beautiful/emotional meaning. I do not have a "favorite" song; however, there is this one song that I'm addicted to, that just recently came out. That song is "Hello" by Adele off her new album 25. The story behind the song is that Adele was in a loving relationship that unfortunately ended with her breaking this guy's heart. Over the years Adele thinks constantly of this guy and regrets ever breaking it off. So, to try and amend the relationship, Adele calls this guy over and over apologizing for breaking his heart. I realize that this song is FAR from being something that you would think as beautiful...I mean, it's about a break up; however, the fact that Adele goes through the effort to try and amend the relationship and her vocals behind the words just does it for me, that's why I find it beautiful.

Topic for Doc3

The topic I will be addressing is the Yan state. The Yan state was a Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Its capital, Ji, is what is now known as Beijing. Yan's government is based off of a monarchy, meaning that there is a ruling king or queen, primarily king. The state was established in the 11th century BCE, in Western Zhou. After the fall of the Zhou king, Yan became one of the strongest Chinese states of its time, being the last to fall to Qin Shihuang during the Warring States period. The state fell before the declaration of the Qin Empire in 222 BCE. In 207 BCE, Yan experienced a brief period of independence before falling to Han. In the state, the currency that was used is quite odd. The state utilized knife money, spade money, as well as other ancient Chinese coinage like Ban Liang coins and Wu Zhu coins. Throughout Yan's history, there has been a record of 36 rulers.

Quran and the New Testament

It is known that the Bible (New Testament) and the Quran have many similarities, besides both being a holy book. Both share similar teachings, narratives, and poetry, as well as, they both teach the creation of the world by a single almighty God who commands humans to follow the morality set out for them. Moreover, both books share similar figures, such as Enoch, Imram, Ishmael, as well as similar narratives, such as Saul and Gideon, and Haman, Pharaoh, and Xerxes.

Furthermore, the Quran and the New Testament share a somewhat similar view of what heaven would be like. In the Bible, heaven is typically depicted as streets paved with gold, tranquility, etc. In the Quran, heaven is depicted as a "Garden graced with flowing streams". Even though this mostly relates to the Garden of Eden, in the Bible, it still describes that the Quran details of a heaven just like in the Bible/New Testament.

Even though these two books are from two different cultures, both share similarities but still have differences that separate them.