Well this week is the last week for blogging, so I felt the need to write a final entry. I’m going to miss the relaxing feeling of being graded on whatever’s kicking around my cranium. Blogging is a really enjoyable experience where you can talk about whatever you want and not necessarily back it up with sources and extra information.
Maybe I’m just procrastinating doing my research paper, who knows. I really enjoy creative writing and opinion papers more than research papers. I should probably go to some Arts Advisors to see about my major. The courses I enrolled in for my first year ranged from snooze-worthy to jumping-out-of-bed-to-go-to-class worthy. The courses felt a bit like Grade 13 at times but I think it’s a good way to ease you into University life.
I think the courses encompassing a CAP stream help you realize what matters most to you when it comes to learning, and what you’re most passionate about. I look forward to concentrating my studies more next year. Film Studies, and Music History were fantastic courses, especially due to my keen interest in them. ASTU was always jumping around with subjects that interested me, and some not so much. I really enjoyed reading Watchmen, for some reason it resonated with me. Women Studies felt a bit negative toward a lot of the things I love, like film, television, and video games, but still was interesting. Journalism feels a bit needless to me, I had hopes for more actual journalisitc writing instead of just the concepts of journalism. Oh well.
I have about two more months left of school after this upcoming reading break, and this blog will be really cool to look back on in the future. Hopefully I pass Psych, and enjoy the rest of my first year. Blogs have a capability to connect with not only yourself, but with others. I think that’s a great thing to encourage in a University environment where connections are fundamental for learning.
Hi Jackson, from your last paragraph it helps to remind me of how little time there is in first year university and that I really need to hold on to the precious time having interesting classes, nice and familiar classmates and professors. I wouldn’t be able to get along with people this easily again next year xD. I wish our ASTU blogs can be more connected among our class but I guess many people, including myself, sometimes don’t really care about what other people blog, which is sad. I plan to read carefully over all our astu classmates’ blogs during summer break. I also intend to keep blogging =).
For your second last paragraph reflecting our CAP program, I like it a lot as many other students do. I hope my second year can be as fun as this year. Well, for journalism class, I’m actually glad that it’s more listening to lectures and learning basics. For me it’s enough written work and readings already. I’m happy that there’s no much serious writing for this class. I like and miss all the other course as well.
Hope you can pursue something you enjoy such as creative writing course in the future. =)