Taylor's Myths

As I look back on the first 8 weeks of the class, I am not impressed with the progress I have made. I was having a hard time keeping up with everything. I am taking 18 hours and i was working two jobs during the beginning of the semester. I finally got rid of my old job. Therefore, I have been able to take the time to catch up and do homework on the weekends. Right now I am most proud of my project setup. The assignment that I enjoy the most is reading the new stories. I had a little bit of trouble with creating my website for my story book but I finally tired a different browser and I was able to get my problems fixed.  The second half of the semester I want to focus on making a good schedule for all of my classes and sticking to my schedule. I am anticipating on doing at least two extra credit assignments to make up some of the points that I missed at the beginning.  I do want to try to make stories that I can relate to a video snippet that they already have out wit...

I think the overall quality of comments and feedback that I receive on my stories are very positive. Most of my comments are encouraging rather than constructive. I find when my classmates give me suggestions or ask me questions about my story, I think deeper about what I wrote. I would rate the comments that I leave "Good" but can be better! My comments are usually encouraging but I think I should challenge my classmates more and ask them questions about the stories they write.  I do think, when we read our classmates blogs and introductions we get a chance to get to know our classmates. Sometimes, it is hard to know your classmates when you are taking an online class. Laura did a great job on setting that part of the class up.  I need to do more research on the story and maybe even the cultural background behind the story. It is important to know the why behind the stories to fully understand what the author is saying.  Never Failures