week 15
1603 words by Mizdooley687
The best part of this class was that it’s over. I’m just kidding; I really liked the way that you presented the materials. You always kept the class entertained with your animations and I actually paid attention. I mean don’t get me wrong I love to learn about the materials that we covered and loved listening to different people’s opinion, but I didn’t have a high expectation. There are not many teachers that can entertain a class especially if the subject is about the bible. Not to say that I hate talking about it, but when many of my peers think about the bible it’s not always a fun subject to discuss or something they really want to hear about. If someone can present the material to a whole class without anyone falling asleep than you are doing something right. Also I loved the bible mysteries. There was something about searching for all those clues, felt like I was searching for a part of me. While trying to find the clues in the bible I would stumble along other verses. At times it would happen by accident, but it would be just the thing I needed to lift my spirit up. The bible mysteries helped me searched myself, because this whole semester has been a bit difficult and sometimes I felt like giving up. Just reading a verse or talking to one of my friends would help me get through my problems. This class was what I really needed this semester and it helped me to take a second look at a lot of things. It was something about working with other people and finding the answers, it just gave me a good feeling. There was some fun included too. I mean it was like a scavenger hunt and I loved to see how one clue could lead me to something even bigger. There is a message behind this whole process, that you have the clues to your life, but you just have to go through and find the answers. Having help is not always a bad thing and that someone else by your side may be just the boost you need. Even specialists are not even close with fully interpreting the bible and there are so many clues waiting to be found. The bible itself is an amazing tool and it holds so many answers to life; I think that there was more to it than just being a game. Also one great thing about this class was the no FE POLICY. You don’t even know that helped me out so much with all my other classes with so much going on. I just felt like that policy was ridiculous and the school at some point should realize that we are adults. We have to make decisions for ourselves and if that leads to us retaking a class than that’s our life. I understand attendance is important, but I don’t think that you should FE a class just for that. I mean if it gets out of control than you should know to drop the class; but the point is that rule was so wonderful. Now the worst part of the class was the blogs. Don’t get me wrong I love sharing my opinion, but not on paper. I don’t have a passion for writing I never did, so 1500 word blogs was not something I enjoyed. Some of the topics were not very interesting and I couldn’t think of what to say. I mean I would really be at the computer for a good two hours stuck. That would bring a lot of emotions, anger, anger and more anger, oh yes frustrations. It’s a real miracle how I got all those blogs done. The other thing about this class that I disliked was how we didn’t really relate to many things of the world with the bible. I felt that this was the best time to do so with Hurricane Katrina and everything else going on in the world. For example there was a lot talk about how Hurricane Katrina was mentioned in the bible. It was just getting rid of all the bad things in New Orleans, kind of like with the flood in the bible. I thought that was an interesting topic, maybe something that I would want to write about in a blog. I don’t really mean to elaborate on this, but it was a catastrophic event and although I didn’t stay here to experience this; it still affected me. I was just getting adjusted to the school a new life and then it was just taken away like that. That really opened my eyes how life can be taken away in a second and many people don’t realize that. I just felt that if we had more discussions about that and other topics many students wouldn’t take life for granted. Life I said before I didn’t stay here to go through the storm, but my roommate did and I was amazed how she decided to come back. She is from the West Coast and has grown up in a family where here parents are very protective, but she made them realize a lot of things. One of them is that everything happens for a reason and she felt that it meant for her to go through the storm. With her coming back was probably to set an example along with the rest of the New Orleans people that life goes on and you will lose some things on the way, but you have to keep your head up. Stuff like that I would have loved to discuss and other events in the world. With this course, other problems about the world should have been brought up. There wasn’t many things except those listed that I disliked about the class, other than it was very interesting and in some way challenging. Being that this school is a Catholic school I think that courses like this should be part of the core curriculum. Courses such as these challenge you in a different way and helps open your mind. People have so many problems that they have to deal with and sometimes they have no one to turn to. They might get something out of these courses that may help them get through it. The world is full of so many problems that need to be talked about and through these discussions maybe something can be done. There are a lot of people that takes life for granted and this might be the course that teaches something that will make them appreciate life. Courses like these prepare you for the unexpected and the unthinkable. Many people try not to think about certain events that happened and why. They like to live in this little shell where they feel safe and think everything is ok and that their world is just perfect. Nothing can ever go wrong and when something does they are just so shocked; especially if they have no explanation for it. I have to admit that I’m not that familiar with the bible although I was basically raised in a church, but that was the only time I get a chance to open it. With discussions about the bible it will help certain people that maybe are lost find their way. Sometimes they may not have a religion or believe in anything and that course might be just what they need. That is the most important thing I think someone that was lost finding their way. There are a lot of people that I know that just needs to hear maybe a verse or just needs to talk to someone. Yes I defiantly think that courses like these should be required. I’m a pre-med major and this course doesn’t really relate to my major at all. In a way it would help me understand something about why people act a certain way. There are a lot of courses that prepare you for your major. This one doesn’t necessarily prepare me, but opens my mind to different things that other professionals would ever consider. For example whatever direction that I decide to go with my degree; it will involve communicating with other people and having to listen to their problems. I know that people will ask questions like “why is this happening to me” and not everybody knows how to answer those types of questions. Maybe the answer that they want to hear is not what their expecting and I might the one to tell them. In other words having a spiritual side is a good thing in every aspect, because you are not always lost and you have someone to turn to. When someone else sees that theirs something extra about you, they might want the same thing. It’s like knowledge when you have it, you will want to share it with others. That‘s the same thing about having a spiritual side. Maybe my major is not related to this course, but there is always something that I will remember that will help in the long run. It’s just something about a course that you take in college that will always have a huge impact on you for the rest of your life.