This is IT!
09/03/2009
Hello Red Wolves!
Are you having a good day? Are you surviving the first week back to class? I hope you are! It's taking me a while to realize that this school year is the end of the road for my educational journey here at IUE. I really never thought I would make it to this point! It's been such a ride of ups, downs, and the occasional loop-de-loop! But, I am ready to takle this semester 100% and make it the best semester yet!
Anyway, I'm really going to enjoy my classes this semester. First of all, 3 of my 4 classes are seminar-like classes. Seminar classes are classes in which the instructor does not lucture, but facilitates discussion about readings, case studies, articles, etc. I like these classes better than lecture classes because each of us get the chance to "put our two cents in" about a particular topic. Also, I feel that I learn more in a seminar class because as a class we are teaching each other. I tend to find lectures a little on the boring side, and I have a hard time keeping my focus in a lecture rather than a seminar.
The class that I think I will most enjoy this semester is my history class with Dr. Joanne Passet. In this class, we are focusing in Vietnam. However, we are not going to spend all semester on the war. We are going to be learning about the culture, the people, and the history behind this facinating country. Also, for one of our two papers that we have to complete for the class we have to correspond with a Vietnamese student that Dr. Passet will assign to us. I'm so excited about this because it'll be great to learn about Vietnam through the eyes of a Vietnamese student! Likewise, it'll be fun to tell him or her about America and the way we live. It's going to be a tough class, but I know that it'll be so worth it!
Well, I need to get going off of here and start studying. I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend, and I will talk to you later!!
HOWL!
Cassie
