Writing 150 Overview

Writing 150 turned out to be better than I thought it would. It was the last class I had to go to every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so that made it a little annoying, but it wasn't my least favorite class to go to. I think Sister Elliott did a good job of trying to make it fun and enjoyable. There were some pretty funny moments in that class. Along with that, I felt like I was able to talk and make comments in that class with out feeling awkward. Some of my classes I feel like I am not allowed to open my mouth for 50 minutes. I think it was also good that this was a small class. If the class size was much bigger, I think it would have been more complicated to have fun while still teach. As for academics, I learned a lot in this class. Lots of the stuff I learned I already knew, but I think it is really important to go over things you already know. It helps it to stick in my mind better. There were some new things I learned too. I became better at using the library resources which should help me a lot as I move into harder classes. I also learned MLA Format even more. I knew a lot of MLA Format already, but new things such as . . . <--- these bad boys. I didn't know they had spaces in between them. Overall, I think that this class was pretty good for being a writing class and I got a lot out of it. The only thing that annoyed me was online assignments, because they would glitch on me all the time!

Diane Rehm Show

I listened to her podcast on Shyness and Anxiety. In this podcast they talked about the benefits of shyness and the dangers of shyness. Some of the dangers of both shyness and anxiety is that they have difficulty sharing personal experiences. Also, once they start sharing personal experiences, they wish to talk about other things and change the subject. One benefit that they mentioned about being shy is that they found that  children are more honest who are shy. In general, shy children are less likely to do something that they know is wrong even if they know no one is watching them. Some interesting things that they found had to do with animal studies. They studied animals that were shy and compared them to children that were shy. For example, some scientists studied sunfish in a pound. They put a net in the pound and caught the fish that went in vs the fish that did not. They found that the fish that went into the net were very neurologically different than the ones that stayed away. Overall, I thought that the podcast was very interesting. There were some very slow parts, but for the most part it was pretty interesting. I am not really sure that I will listen to anymore or these unless I have to though. Maybe when I get old and don't have so much to do, but for now, it is good to know that there are things like this that I could listen to if I really am bored. (Even though I probably won't... Lets be honest.)