Self-Evaluation

1. Self Evaluation

As the semester is drawing to a close, I still can’t believe how quickly it went. I feel like it was just yesterday that I was at FTCAP picking classes and hoping that my first classes  at Penn State would treat me right. When I first picked to take English 15S, I didn’t know what to “S” stood for and figured that it was just a fancy name for an English course. My advisor told me that English 15S was a great course to pick because not only would I be fulfilling my English credit, but I would also be fulfilling my freshman seminar credit. I was basically killing two birds with one stone. When I walked into the classroom on the first day, I loved that it was a fairly small class because it made the transition from my high school classes to college classes a bit easier. I was fresh out of high school and I was still nervous about being thrown into big classes where the professor will probably never know your name or face.

I have learned a lot during my first semester. I was pretty nervous about coming to this school and getting involved because I’m a pretty quiet person. As of right now, I feel like I’m apart of this student body. I have joined organizations, participated in activities, met great people, and have had a blast going to the football games. English 15S has helped me improve my writing skills and use my words as a way to express my opinions. I also learned how to figure out if a piece of art or writing expresses pathos, ethos, or logos. My favorite thing about this course was going on field trips because it helped me discover the arts here at Penn State. Who knows if I would have ever found the Aboretum or wandered into the Palmer Museum of Art if it wasn’t for Ms. S! English 15S was 100x better than my high school English classes because we got to go to arts around campus  and write about our experience on our blog. In high school, English class consisted of reading books and writing papers on them. I never was a fan of English until I took this course. I loved that we didn’t have to read books and that we got to make and run a blog for class.

Out of all the art field trips we went on, my favorite was going to see the play In The Red and Brown Water at Playhouse Theatre. I really enjoyed watching it and the actors/actresses did a great job. From the second it started, it had my attention and I learned important things from the play such as, you should never give up an opportunity because you never know if you will be given it again. I’m going to miss this class but I will continue to explore the various arts here at Penn State because of what this class has taught me.

2. Blog Response Round-Up

1) http://jspellman94.blogspot.com/2012/10/artscultural-response-ill-abilities.html

2) http://rfatherly.blogspot.com/2012/09/palmer-museum-visit.html

3) http://itsblogtimeeverybody.blogspot.com/2012/10/kickin-it-old-school.html

4) http://articulatingtheartsatpennstate.blogspot.com/2012/10/good-will-hunting-movie-review.html

5) http://15snmpy-y.blogspot.com/2012/09/so-you-think-you-know-art.html

6) http://www.cheddarbread.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html

7) http://jenniferlongdancingart.blogspot.com/2012/10/higher-learning-movie-review.html

8) http://quirkyconfessional.blogspot.com/2012/09/affirmative-action.html

9) http://jrose412.blogspot.com/2012/12/for-love-of-music.html

10) http://knaviello.blogspot.com/2012/11/exit-through-gift-shop.html

3. SRTE Evaluations

Hi, Ms. S -- I completed my SRTE’s!