When starting college, I was not expecting to be assigned a group project. I assumed it would all be individual work. The experience was something typical. We got together and discussed each person’s role in the project. The meeting went well, but reliability was lacking in a few members of the project. All things considered, we got it done and was graded based on our own work. This project was a good set up for how the class would go, we would collaborate together on somethings, but was graded based on our impact. It was a great way to set up what the college experience was going to be. There will be times where you have to rely on others, but college is what you make it. Only you can progress towards your future.

Before this class, I had never heard of sociology. Once I heard some of the elements of sociology, it made me think of psychology. Already I was interested in understanding why people do what they do. Sociology is so important to understanding individuals and traditions of cultures and society. Over the course of the semester, we were assigned to do these reading journals to answer questions about an academic article revolving around sociology. The first one I analyzed was along with the topic of gender. It opened my eyes to things I had noticed by myself but did not have a word for. It gave me a clearer idea to concepts of society and culture, by explaining why this happens. This is important to understanding people and I fully believe it should be recommended to others to learn about the topic.

When I noticed I was signed up for a music class, I was fairly excited about it. I loved classical music and so I was looking forward to the course. When taking this course, I found that it was my least stressful class. I found that over time, my understanding of classical music deepened and I enjoy the music not just for the sound it makes, but the elements that make up the pieces. Our final assignment for the class was to come up with how classical music coincides with our future careers and likes. Which is why my assignment was on composers who served during War World II. I enjoyed looking up another side of our history. History is much more than words passed down from generation to generation. It influences our everyday beings in more ways than one.

In this class, it took me some time to adjust to the system my professor taught in.  She was very enthusiastic about what she was teaching and it made me step back a little bit and just get through the class. It took a little while before I would answer questions in class and really put myself in a state of understanding. Trying to read documents and what they meant was not easy for me. Over time it started to become easier and when it was assigned as my final assignment for the course, I was ready to do my best.  The document above was the final assignment that landed with a B in the class for the semester.

When stepping into the first honors course of my college career that so happened to be a pilot course as well, I was not expecting great things. I struggled to find direction and adjust to my section of this multifaceted course. I was pleased to find out that my section was focused on historical topics, however, not everyone in my class was as thrilled as I was. There were many interests of my peers that coincided with the discussion of the day. My distaste in the beginning slowly shifted to interest. It was not until the semester closing project that I was able to do something that was all about my interests and present them to the class by combining the past with the future. As a mostly speaking infused course, it gave me insight into my future of being a teacher. I would say that it was a good stepping stone to preparing a lesson plan and caring it out. All in all, for a pilot course, it needs some work, but it did provide useful skills for everyone and was not as bad as it initially seemed. Not everyone is going to be a teacher, but everyone needs to be a speaker.