How to recap

It's funny. In my high school, we all got a senior page, where we tried to recap the past four years, or for some of us that went to school since kindergarten, 13 years. And the worst part about it was that they give you a character limitation. Could you imagine if for every citizen, when they are on there death bed, they are given the order to recap their life...in 400 words or less. Stupidity.

But as I did in high school, I will attempt to do it for this class. The fact of the matter is that I hated every single person in this class...just kidding. Truth be told, I thought everyone brought something good to the table. Some were quiet, some were talkative, and some were like Matt. Either way you judge one of the students in this class, they were enjoyable, and helpful. I also thought the class itself was great. I enjoyed all of the books and short pieces we read. I also enjoyed some of the current rhetoric articles we looked at. However, my favorite part of the class turned out to be the first few weeks, where we were basically lectured at. 

I really thought the lecturing point of this class was going to be...well dumb. I didnt see its purpose since their was no final and to be honest, I had no idea what Christine was talking about for the first two class. I mean really. You bring in 20 kids from completely different backgrounds, most of us just taking this class for fun, and tell them about ethos, pathos, and any other greek word you can think of. It isn't the easiest thing to comprehend like learning rocket science. Anyway, I remember sitting down to right my paper on Bruce Springsteen's Jungleland, and like in a movie scene, it all just clicked. I understood how pathos and ethos come in to play in daily life, in song, in just about everything we as humans do. And as it all clicked in my head, I realized that this was the class for me. I am not trying to be dramatic, but it really looked like a well written play when I come to the realization in the very chair that I am in now.

And that is what it all comes down to. The moment of clarity. The sudden realization of why I am learning a new technique, idea, or theory. And like 3 months ago, when I had this moment, I share that same happiness right now. I am happy that I attended all but one class this semester. I learned not only how to bring my writing to the next level, not just how to manipulate words and sentences, and certainly not how to do well on papers. I learned how to take lessons from class and apply them indirectly to my work, both on paper, and in my cohort. Never once, did Courtney, Jake, or Matt say, "Geez Drew, thats some ethos you have there." But through our various discussions, we said claims that declared what one anothers ethos was, and how they portrayed it through their own individual rhetoric. And I am also thank full for this blog. When I started this blog, I use to re-read everything I wrote, as if it was the most important paper ever. But what I realized about this blog is that it is a external internal monologue. It is a place to get all my thoughts down and also a place to enhance my writing. And that is how I feel that I have used this blog.

So in the end, I want to say thank you to everyone in the class, as well as Christine. While I didn't interact with every one of you, you all helped me in one way or another...except for you Matt, you hindered me...once again, just kidding.