CTZN 110: Choosing Well, Acting Right, Being Good
Fall 2018, Inquiry Into Citizenship
Dr. Blincoe’s take on Citizen 110 made me rethink my personal ethics and strengthen my reliance on Christianity as my moral compass. My favorite thing about the course was Dr. Blincoe’s strongly unbiased way of teaching and the overall setup of each class. He truly wanted to let us decide what was the morally right thing to do when given a problem. Along with exploring my own morality, I read many ancient and modern ethical arguments written by philosophers, like Socrates for example. While reading, we were asked to take notes such as the ones attached below. Without these notes, I would not have been able to retain much of the things I had read the night before class, which I quickly learned I needed to apply this same note-taking to all of my class readings.
Reading Notes – Plato’s Apology
ENGL 165: Writing and Rhetoric
Fall 2018, Writing and Rhetoric
Most likely one of my favorite classes from freshman year, Professor Brandon Haffner did a phenomenal job at broadening my horizon of what is considered not only academic writing but writing in general. Before this course, I believed academic and creative writing were far from similar, but now, for me at least, there seems to be more of a gray area separating them – and for the betterment of my writing. Brandon helped me improve my writing by letting me explore different writing structures and ways to gain the emotional trust of my audience to prove my argument. Attached is a research paper I put a lot of love into because it is something I feel so passionately about. Using the Greenwood Library’s database, I read and referenced many peer-reviewed articles to examine how men’s emotions are suppressed and the effect on men’s relationships and self-esteem.