I came in to this class not really knowing what to expect. The class format and structure differed greatly in comparison to Seminar 1. The first seminar focused on bringing out our artistic and creative abilities, while this semester, we were encouraged to deal with facts, figures, graphs, and history. I felt more comfortable with dealing with art, but this change in class environment was a great challenge and was intellectually stimulating.
My personal immigration essay helped me solidify my own thoughts along with my family’s thoughts on how we dealt with our immigration process. When I moved to America, I was still fairly young and I didn’t put much thought into it until now.
The statistical profile assignment was by far the most challenging and tedious assignment. However, I learned a lot from it, especially dealing with facts, graphs, figures, and excel. I’ve attained some valuable skills and it put me outside of my comfort zone.
The interview project was a great experience. I have known my interviewee for a long time, but I did not know much of his background. After the interview, we became a lot closer and I’ve gained much more respect for him. This was my favorite project, by a long shot. Some parts of the assignments, such as the transcription, was tedious, but it wasn’t anything that was overwhelming.
The class setting was also good. Many times, the class was engaged in intellectual debates and it was good to see many different viewpoints being brought up. Although the readings were hard at times, they provided deeper insight into what we were learning.
To iterate, this class was challenging and taught me valuable skills and also pushed me past my comfort zone.
