Famous Last Words

Well, after two semesters I did it! I finished the class. I felt like this day would never happen. This class was so fun for me and I really enjoyed doing the assignments and learning everything I did. I will take a lot of valuable lessons away from this class. One being time management and also creative writing. I am not the best at creative writing and this class really opened my eyes to how fun it can be. I also really enjoyed the diversity in the readings and assignments. The readings weren’t over the top difficult but the were really vivid and unique.

I will recommend this class and Laura as a professor all the time after the wonderful experience I had. I went through a car accident, depression, and much more through out my time taking this course and Laura was supportive and helpful through every step. She checked in on me and made sure that I had a new schedule to successfully complete the course. She was by far the most caring professor I have had during my college career. As a soon to be teacher myself I strive to be a teacher like Laura.

Now that I am finishing this class that means I am done with another semester and that means only two more to go! Hopefully this time next year I will be graduating and getting my degree. To think that I only have one year left is a bit scary. That means I have to be in the real world and completely be an adult. As much as I do now I still fell like taking that step and graduating is going to be my biggest accomplishment. I have no idea what the world holds for me when I leave OU but I am sure its going to be great.

I'm Done

Famous Last Words

I wanted to write about a huge break through for me, not only as a person, but also as a writer. I typically don't like writing about my feelings or anything along those lines but I this week I decided to write my father a letter. My father and I have no relationship and have not communicated in about a year. I have a lot of built up anger and chose to express why I was hurt and angry and how he does not need to worry about me anymore. I do not honestly know if I will send him the letter or if I did it just for my own mental health but I did feel somewhat better after I wrote down my thoughts and feelings. 

         The reason I have chosen as of now not to send it is strictly because I do not want my siblings to get repercussions because my father is that way. If he knows they talk to me he will blame them for our problems and that is not fair to them. Maybe once they are out of the house or they are old enough to handle their own then I will share it with him. But until then I am proud of myself for putting my words and feelings on paper and being honest with not only him but also myself. I plan on leaving the hate and anger behind and moving forward after today. I am graduating in a year and have made it without him for the past four years. I can do it for the next one and then I will show him that I did not fail like he assumed I would. I feel so much better after showing this and I am glad I finally just did it.

 

Letter

Famous Last Words: Other Class

I only have one other class this semester and that is a psych class for education majors. In this class I have a test on this upcoming Tuesday that I have been studying for a while. The topic covered on the test is classroom management and through studying and learning about this I have learned a lot. We talked about how to create classroom rules and how to keep your classroom under control. I think this class not only has helped me prepare for the future as a teacher but also helped me in classes right now. Creating rules for myself during the school year and keeping everything organized are a few examples. This class has also helped me learn a better way to take notes. I learned that if I take notes on a notecard from the beginning then I am not as stressed towards the end of the unit before the exam. This was probably one of my favorite classes because of the content and the valuable knowledge that I learned. I am excited to use these tips and techniques in my other classes in the future and even ore excited to use them in my classroom when I become a teacher. I had to take this class last semester and dropped it because of medical reasons that occurred throughout the semester and when I retook it I had no idea I would have learned so much. I got in a car accident in February that not only caused me to retake this class (Indian Epics), but also the psych class. Even though retaking these classes sucked I think that it was for the better and I learned more then I would have ever learned last semester or even just not retaking it. I will recommend both of those classes anytime to anyone at the university of Oklahoma.

Classroom

Famous Last Words

This week was an eye-opening week for me. I learned if I pass all of my classes I will be graduating in a year from now. I you know me and the things I have gone through, you will know this is a big deal. I am so excited and relieved, but I also realized I need to pick up my game. I am behind in this class and could be putting in more time and effort to make sure I pass this class and start this last year off right. All I have wanted to do is give up on school because I never felt like I was getting out of here, but then this week when I found out that news I got very hopeful and decided from here on out I want to try my hardest and finish off strong. I am so extremely excited to prove all of those people saying I couldn’t do it wrong.

With all that being said I was able to do several extra credit assignments turned in as well as do all my work for this week. I started my portfolio and got that up and going. I have some ideas on where I want to take that and am excited to get started on that. Plus with me doing the extra credit I am seeing that I enjoy some of the extra credit topics and enjoy learning from those. Overall this was a very successful week that sparked a lot of ambition and perseverance to get through. Hopefully this can continue strong through the end of the semester and even into the next semester. I can’t wait to start fresh next week and to get things done. The last few weeks of the semester should probably go by fast this way as well.