The end is here for my online class

I have got to say I loved it, the format was great. I was still able to learn a lot from my insightful classmates through the forum. That is one important thing for me when I am taking a class subject like literature, one of my weakest abilities is to analyze fiction. Reading the thoughts of my classmates did stretch my thoughts about what I was reading.

I also got to read some really good fiction, not something I usually get to do as a early childhood student, we usually read research based texts. I did find enjoyment in the fiction. My eyesight is somewhat poor and I was unable to read the fiction books online but I did order the books from paperbackswap.com which made it easy for me to read. The poetry was easy for me, as far as seeing, because they were typically short.

My group project was really cool! It took me a while to decide on whom to do my Victorian Poetry page on. I decided on Ann Taylor, a poet of nursery rhymes from the era. I chose her because I was able to bridge the somewhat foreign class of literature to my early childhood background. I found some great links too, one to an entire book of her works.

I got to read the book Great Expectations! I loved the book. I am so thankful that I had two great books to read. It was so excited to read fiction at all, it was really great. I loved the book great expectations because the truth in the book is still the truth today. Money does not equal happiness; one must have good human companionship to truly be happy.

The poetry in the class was sometimes good and sometimes very odd and/or confusing. Some great poetry that was easy for me to relate to was part of our regular discussions however some of the poems were difficult for me. Part of this is because I am not someone who analyzes poetry often at all. I love poetry, but I do not always stop to analyze what it is really saying to me. I found that it was easier for me to break it down into sections and work within the meaning of that particular stanza or other divide, then consider how what that section relates to the rest of the stanza’s as a whole. I do not know if that is really the correct way to do it, if there is desired way, but I did find it manageable and it helped me organize my thoughts about it.

I would recommend an online class to anyone interested in taking one. I would love to teach one, it was fun, and I learned in what I believe was a meaningful way. I think as I worked through the assignments I was working on I got better over time, well I hope I did anyway!

Best of luck to all my classmates in the future!