Love, Sex, and Friendship was an honors special topics class that I took during the fall semester of my freshman year. It was a philosophy class that required a lot of writing. In the class, we learned about many historical philosophers in many different methods. For example, we read different works by Aristotle and Plato. In addition, we watched a movie for one of our units. At the end of each unit, we were required to write a reflective paper on what we had learned.
This class taught me that I am more of a visual leaner than an auditory learner. When reading the passages, I found it challenging to understand what the author was trying to say. When the instructor then talked about the topic, I had a hard time following along. On the other hand, when we watched the movie, it was a lot easier to understand because I could see what was going on instead of listening to words coming out of someone’s mouth.
I found this out because it was reflected in my papers. When I wrote the papers based on the units where I had to read and then was lectured on the material, I found that the paper was choppy and didn’t always make sense. Conversely, for the movie unit, my paper was easier to write and I had many ideas to write about. In addition, my grades on the papers proved that I learn and understand better in a visual way rather than an auditory way. I earned a better grade on the “visual learning” unit than the “lecture based” unit.
Below is my paper from the unit where we watched the movie. As you can see, the ideas flow better on the page. I think my confidence is evident in the language that I use.