I took this course because it was a first-year requirement for the foundations level of civitae. I took the honors section called “Bodies and Citizens” with Dr. Dudley-Shotwell. This being my first semester at Longwood, I didn’t want to overwhelm myself with honors courses and this one seemed like a good place to start. I found that this course was a very easy start that prepared me for my future honors courses, as it taught me a lot about in class discussions. I had experienced discussions in high school obviously, but struggled to participate because I was afraid of being wrong. This class really helped me overcome that issue and led me to being really good at speaking in class.
This class focused on how your physical being affects your citizenship in the United States. I found this course to be very interesting and I learned so much from it. I found that the material went over things that I had heard of before, while mixing in a lot of overlooked history that (I felt) should be talked about more. At first, I was intimidated by the in-class discussions that went on, as I was not a great talker in a class setting, but Dr. DS made the classroom a safe space for all opinions to be accepted. I slowly opened up in that class which helped me understand the material a lot better (because I could ask questions and discuss if needed) and improved my grade a lot.
I found that I had a lot of personal growth because of this class because it helped me feel like I could speak up for what I believed in, even if others don’t agree. I think that choosing this as my first honors course was great because in my spring semester honors courses, I felt a lot more comfortable talking out loud.
For my artifact, I used my work for my final project. This course rarely had hard copies of anything other than the articles we had to read, but this document really shows how I prepared for my three minute thesis presentation at the end of the semester.
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