Final Blog!

It's crazy to think that this is my last blog and half of my freshman year is over! well here goes my reflection on this semester...
I remember the first day of class being a nervous freshman but when I walked into class and saw how small it was and how Ryan wasnt that much older than us I felt a lot more comfortable. I can say my writing has improved a lot from the first paper. I remember freaking out about my "first college paper" I thought 900 words was so much and that I would never be able to finish. I would like to say thanks to Ryan for having a meeting with me in the process of writing every paper, and dealing with my struggles/problems. I really enjoyed this course and it honestly wasnt as hard as I thought it was going to be. I'm glad Ryan was so open to helping all of us out with our papers and wasn't too strict but still made us do our work. If I could change something I would take out the library quiz's... that was my only problem, and the group grammer lessons even though my group never even started ours. Overall I enjoyed this class a lot and wanted to say thanks!

Random/Weekend

This weekend was the first time I went home since I've been here, so I was pretty pumped on Tuesday. Comp was my only class that day and we got done at 9:45 an we werent leaving till 4:30 it was probably the longest day of my entire life. After waiting all day for my friends dad to come get us we had a 5 hour drive back to Minnesota...that took a while. It was nice to go home for the first time and see all my family and friends but I missed my friends here too and I was ready to come back. I'm going to miss my home cooked meals though and my bed. I strongly do not like the weather I came back to though. I liked it last night when it was 50 out but now its too cold, windy, and snowy! Even though I'm from Minnesota I should be used to this but I wasnt ready... Thats about all.

#3 on Page 244

I'm not exactly sure how but I believe the buttler says more than he actually says. I think he plays a bigger role than we know. I know he doesnt say anything in the story at all, but it just makes me wonder how could he be living with emily and not be able to help her out, or tell anyone about Homer. Did he know if Emily was buying the rat poison or not? I also wonder why he doesnt talk to her or try to be her friend if nobody else in the town will. I'm not sure if this is going to really go anywhere in a paper but hopefully I can turn it into something.

Young Goodman Brown

I enjoyed reading this story. I liked how it got started right away and didnt take long to explain things. What I noticed in the story was that Goodman was a "pure" man who lived in a "pure" town, and his wife faith represented his faith. The forrest that he went in represented temptation, and in the forrest he found the devil. I cant decide if it actually happened or if it was all just a dream.

A Rose For Emly

I thought this story was really interesting. It was a very easy read, but it wasnt my favorite. The ending was really weird, I didnt think she would have kept a dead body for so long. I almost felt a little bad for her because she was slightly insane and nobody in the town cared to do anything. I want to know what kept the buttler from telling anyone about the body. I think Emily had something on him, something he had done in the past, or he helped kill him. I'm not sure but overall it wasnt a terrible story, and I liked that you have to think for yourself of what really could have happened, there are so many questions!

The Most Dangerous Game

I enjoyed reading The Most Dangerous game. It was a lot more suspensful than the other one. Like many people said in our class I agree this story got interesting really fast, instead of taking forever to introduce all the characters in the story, and explain the story. I didnt notice it in the story but what Christina said about how when everything was black, or dark something bad would happen. It is interesting to think about.

It still creeps my out to this day thinking that my teacher had his eyes on my. I always thought he was a nice, but strange man. He was a great teacher until I heard from Brom that he liked me as more than just a student. I cant believe it! I can still feel his eyes staring at me in the classroom... Its a feeling I want to but will probably never forget.