Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Course Reflection Essay

I am writing this to inform anyone interested in taken Mr. Gasparos Eng 111-60 course in the future. I personally enjoyed this class the most this semester, I found it to be the most demanding and scariest, yet, it made me feel so proud that I was able to handle his course assignments. His class is nothing to take lightly and should only be taken if your responsible and timely with your work, because he frowns on tardy work. He also requires you to be very computer literate. If you are not, be careful. I did not think I was, however, I looked at this as a challenge. I was able to figure it out and thanks to the use of blackboard in his course, I have signed up for all online courses next semester. I figure if I could follow his class online, I could do this with any course, and for this I am very thankful. I enjoyed his class so much I only missed one night, and looked forward to each class meeting. We always had a good time, we were all able to comment freely and his use of laughter in the classroom made it pleasant, even when we all thought we would pull our hair out. This was because we all were afraid we would not be able to accomplish his assignments. There was not to many assignments, as a matter of fact, just the right amount. If I would complain on the assignments, I felt that we should have started working on our final argument essay a little sooner in the semester. I felt we did not have enough time to prepare as I would have liked. I also would like to make one final comment and it was that I wish I would have been able to be in more contact with him when I had issues or comments, I needed him to help me understand some assignments and I often would not get a reply until after the assignment was due. Make sure you have fellow classmates numbers. This will be your best luck with help. I sometimes felt he made himself unapproachable in this aspect. Of course, we all know we are one of many, but a little love here and there goes a long way. Right? So in conclusion, I enjoyed this class and would recommend this class. I think Mr. Gasparo is a very knowledgeable, fun, young, and exciting teacher. I wish I could take a 112 course with him this year, but it was not available.

3 comments:

  1. I agree with you summary of this course and especially with the instructor giving the perception that he was unapproachable through the various ways he spoke through blackboard and emails. I believe we should be able to approach the intructor at anytime since he is the one who is the most knowlegable in this subject. Also i believe, as an instructor, it is his duty to pass that knowledge on to his students.

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  2. Great title for your blog. Did you change it from what you originally had?

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  3. Looking through our emails, of the emails that seemed to need responding to, I'm noticing 90% of my responses were next day or sooner, with very few taking longer, so I am not sure to what you are referring in regard to my response time being so far behind. This does matter to my reputation as an instructor.

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