Week 9

So this week in class was kind of.... shall we say stressful? Not in the sense that we had a lot of hard work to do, which we did with all the researching and what not, but more so I feel that we came to a breaking point within the class.

I think that a lot of us, my self included, feel a little lost or more so maybe unmotivated. I understand that coming into this class is hard. Its by far the most different thing that I have ever done. These classes challenge me in a different way, not so much of a competition with other but more so competition with my self. They challenge to really think about things and develop skills not only in all three classes but for life in general. I think that with debating we learn how to better our speech and to better defend our arguments. In writing how to find better research and defend our arguments better with actual sources. I think that we all just so use to being in a environment that is based on grades and it does not matter what you got also as you did good.

I think the issue we all had with doubt also comes from our old grading system. You would work "hard" get a good grade and then forget about it, just move on to the next topic to get the best grade you could on that. With this is forced us to really think about something and made us go in depth about something. And am not going to lie and say that I didn't get frustrated or annoyed or even angry, because I did. But I think that it is a good lesson, its just a hard one - like any important lesson in life.

I think that this class has a more "realistic" view on things. In the real work, meaning when we are out of university, you wont get a gold start every time you work on something. It takes people years of working in a low position to getting promoted. And even if you work is acknowledge, usually, it wont be very much more so kind of like getting one point. Life isn't about getting a gold star and a kiss on the forehead for doing your homework every week. This is real life where things don't always make sense but we learn from them one way or another. And I believe that is what our professors are trying to do.

Week 8

This week was the first week of all three classes put together.

I Can't help but feel a little about what we are learning. We have been asked to study pirates, not that I have anything against pirates, I just do not understand how this knowledge will benefit me. But I have a feeling it has more deeper meaning then just that. I think that this will help us learn how to research topics properly and fully. I hope that I can learn how to better research and find information that it more accurate information.

I hope that we start our projects start soon just to make sure that I have time do the best I can before I leave.

Week 7

This is last week of the 3 separate classes. It's kind of sad, I was really enjoying our journalism and religion class.

I loved learning and looking at the Tibetan Buddhism. I found it so interesting. I find it fascinating how the live. My question was what does "Bardo" mean. I found it so interesting. They only way that I can really describe them, is that they are like Chakras but different. Chakras pertain to our body and personal energy, kind of, and Bardos connect us to the world and into enlightenment. It was really interesting, and I find that it holds more common senses then Christianity or the like.

In Journalism we listened to every one turning point story. It was interesting, and a little awkward, to listen to the story about you and about others. It was hard letting so many people get a look into your life. Though that was a turning point for me, it wasn't the biggest. I didn't feel comfortable sharing my biggest turning point. But am proud of those that did. Emmanuel was my inspiration for the week.

Week 5

This week was a little more interesting. Am really starting to love our journalism class. I think that the information Professor Camp is giving us will really help with our turning point stories. To be honest am nervous about doing the turning point stories. Most of my turing points are very personal and some what... dark shall we say? I don't know how I feel about sharing such personal stories, but I guess I will just have to find one that I feel comfortable sharing. But going back to the classes, I can't help but feel the only thing we are learning how do is debate. I think that am not the only one in the class that feels this way as both Lauren Cook and Brinttany Arsenault both commented on this in their blogs.

Though I understand that people can get offended, and it has happened to me more then once in this class, I don't think that we should hold it against one another. We all have different opinions and that okay, we might not agree but we have to accept. I think that the thing that I find more interesting then some ones opinion is how the they came up or formed their opinion. In Religious Studies we looked at a sections of Padan's book, and we learnt about different perspectives and how to look at things from different points of views. I kind of think that this is point that the professors are trying to get us to do with doubt. They want us to let go of our own opinions and look at it at through a non biased way. I've said it before, that I think that when you look at this way, you can see that it is possible that either out come is possible and they are both right. This gives you a chance to look at possibilities rather then set out comes. I think that this is a good way of looking at life. Because in life there are no set out comes, just possibilities.

Fourth Week

This week, we stayed in our three classes again which I like. But I still cant help but feel we are still going around in circles. Everything that we do is just responding to each other. I feel that we, more so I, are not really learning anything. All I learn is that me and every one else, see things in different ways, which I knew from the start. Though this might sound mean and cranky- that is not the point. I feel frustrated because I want to learn and I don't feel like I am. Though reading Doubt and going to occasions help me widen my view and enlighten me I don't feel like am actually gaining knowledge. Perhaps its because this is a different way of learning then in our previous schooling but I just feel that its redundant and over played.

Doubt is actually good play. I thought it was going to be hard to understand and pointless, but it does make you think a lot. I do believe that Father Flynn did molest Donald but I can also see how people can say that they don't think that he did. It's all about your beliefs and how you you interpret things.

Third Week

As we finished our discussion about Rwanda I felt that we could have gone more in-depth about the topic but I understand that we did not have to time, but I think that it would be interesting to talk about and to see how different our worlds are and how we should be proactive and help out others in other countries.

As we split into our 3 different classes, I felt that finally we might be starting learning things in those 3 different courses. Am very excited to do Religious start Religious Studies, but I was kind of disappointed that for our Religion class that we wont be looking a different Religions and will be doing a more general overview of one or two topics, which again I felt was a little disappointing. But all in all I am looking forward to the 3 separate classes and am excited to see what we will be doing.