2). Discuss the usefulness of the first or second major course assignment. Use specific examples.
The first assignment's, which was Critical Thinking in News and Politics, the usefulness of the first assignment to me was how as a group we had to apply most of the concepts we had learned before hand from the book. Reading the Epstein book was helpful because it gave explicit definitions and numerous examples. Yet, when you had to read an article and apply it to the article then write a paper on it. It becomes relatively hard to accomplish. At first, I was confused and odd by all the things as a group we were expected to locate from a simple political article. I thought it was nearly impossible. However, I reviewed the book and then analyzed the article and realize there were indeed connections. This project even though at first seem impossible as I reviewed the Epstein book it began to become an easier task. Another usefulness of the first assignment was I got an opportunity to work with my group mates and met new people along the way. Overall, that was what I found useful from the first major course assignment.
Thank you everyone! :] Have a great night!
Hello ellacomm! First of all, I am glad you had a good experience with your assignments. I was lucky enough to also have a group that functioned well!
ReplyDeleteBut anyways, I liked readying your blog on your first assignment, “critical thinking in news and politics”. When I first read the assignment I thought ‘wow this is a ton of work! Are we really expected to do all of this?”. Now looking back on it though, I really gained a lot out of both of the assignments. Not only did all of us tune in to what is going on in the world, but it was also a reminder of why we are reading the Epstein book! Now after applying it, I am using the knowledge I gained all the time, reading articles, and even during class discussion! I hope you got as much out of it as I did!
Well nice job!
First off, Cool! I didn’t know we could post about this. I think you are completely right about having to amalgamate the different assignments into one paper. I have had a lot of experience working in groups but this one I found extra difficult because of the enormity of the assignment. It was very hard to find a good time for our whole group to meet up, and when we did it was mostly assigning parts. When we had the initial meeting we made sure that we had the main idea, or thesis. After that we parted ways and met back up with our parts to review what we had wrote and to see if we could make it flow into one paper. The different writing styles were hard to make into one cohesive paper, but we overcame the diversity!
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