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.