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In this section of English 101 with the help of Zeus and other Olympian gods I will explore the theme of masculinity through close reading, critical thinking, class discussions, and a variety of writing assignments such as analytical, comparative and persuasive...

Theme

"Although we often described men as masculine, we do not consider all men equally masculine. In other words, in United States, generally masculinity is associated with strength, power, and courage but also with violence, sexism and close-mindedness. The depictios of men we see in politics, entertainment and sports often promote as well as reinforce these standards of masculinity. What we will investigate in this course is the notion of masculinity as an abstract concept rather than a fixed category. By closely reading and discussing a selection of readings, we will consider masculinity in relation to media, race, work, fatherhood, and relationships. Our objective is to see whether there are in fact numerous masculinities rather than just one masculinity." - Class Syllabus

Friday, December 10, 2010

Blog Post 15: Reflections

Reflections:
Directions: Please answer all the the questions below in a post on your blog, and be sure to label this post as Blog Post 15.

1) What was the one assignment that was fun to do and why?
My favortie assignments where the in-class debate and of course I liked it because I was on the team that won. I also liked the "worst date" assignment because it allowed us to work as a class together.

2) What was the one assignment that made you learn something about something? What was that "something" you learned?
I think it was all the assignments to be honest, it was the theme about masculinity that made me learn so much about. Ive learned so many different concepts and ideas behind mens masculinity and how men are viewed by society in so many different ways.

3) What was the one assignment that you did not care for? why?
I didnt care for some things that came across repetitive, liek annotated bibliographies and outlines...but mayeb it was a good thign voerall for peoplew ho really needed help and direction.


4) Do you think, overall, Blogger was a useful tool for this class? In what ways?
Yes, It helped to amke us organized, i think it allowed us to be more open as a class unit, we got to see eachothers work and having a class blog that was very well taken care of by Miss B was very very helpful.

5.) Describe one kind of assignment or task that we did NOT do that you either did on your own (say, customizing your blog, adding gadgets), OR an assignment you would have liked to have done, or a TYPE of assignment you would have liked to have done more of?
Personalizing the blog was a big highlight for me, making some type of amsculien inspired theme for each blog could be really cool. Maybe making the class more designed for classmates to interact through blogger more.
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  1. Miss BDecember 16, 2010 at 6:17 AM

    Thank you for all your hard work this term, Jason, and I really appreciate the feedback/comments, you have made in your reflection post, about the class. Especially, the last point, as this is something I hope to tweek for the next term.

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