Week 14: Famous Last Words

Well, this marks the end of this class for me! It is really a bittersweet feeling. I have thoroughly enjoyed allowing my creative juices to flow these past 4+ months. I've written things, both in storytelling assignments & for my storybook, that I didn't know I was capable of writing. I was able to learn more about myself as a writer and what style suits me best. I learned more about what kinds of stories I like and what kinds I don't really enjoy as much. I was able to meet new people through this class and catch up with old friends. This has to be one of the best classes I've taken, and I've been at OU for four years, so that's saying a lot! The way this class was set up was the absolute best. I didn't have to worry about someone's opinions getting in the way of grading. Sometimes I felt like in other classes, I had to write to the style of the teacher and not write how I liked to (still grammatically correct and all). It's a bit hard to explain, but I was just incredibly happy to have a class where we were graded one effort and doing our best. For 20+ years, we've been graded the same and as humans, we are all different and learn in different ways and therefore perform differently as well--not necessarily worse or better, just different. That's why I have enjoyed this class so much. We are all students trying our best, writing our best, creating stories and projects to the best of our abilities. And the results of that were amazing! I read so many great stories and learned so many things from other writers. I loved this class and will recommend it to any of my friends that need the credit but also a class to learn more about themselves and others as students. I could write on and on about my experience in this class but all I have to say is it was an A+ course that I enjoyed to the fullest.

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Week 4: Famous Last Words

This was one of the longest, most-exhausting weeks I've had in a while. I was extremely stressed and overwhelmed with a lot of things. Thank God, everything is easing up and I can finally begin to relax.

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The reading option for this week was very enjoyable. I actually chose a non-reading option, opting to watch the animated movie instead. It was just great! The scenes and characters were portrayed so uniquely and so well! I enjoyed every bit of it. I especially appreciated their use of humor throughout. The shadow puppets that narrated the entire film were one of my favorite aspects of this movie. They would debate certain facts of the epic or discuss characters and their decisions. Although humorous, it was very insightful!

For the storytelling assignment, I decided to go with the "letters home" style. I really enjoyed trying to write letters from the perspective of Sita and her sister. I was able to explain thoughts and feelings that they might have been experiencing during different events in the epic. It was fun to write and something I'd love to try again (maybe with different characters).

As for my other classes, all revolving around health and exercise science, there are pretty much no similarities between them and this class. I like it, though. This class gives me freedom to let my creative juices flow throughout the week.

Overall, I'm really enjoying this class so much. I thought it would be way too much work for me to do online and on my own time but it's worked out so well! I love that this class is focused on our creativity and trying our best. So often we get judged/graded based on certain guidelines or how the teachers "thinks" we should have done an assignment. I really, really love the focus of growth and improvement in this class. I also love the support from my classmates. They are so supportive and sweet on every storytelling assignment I've done. I love the atmosphere of encouragement we have in this course. Every one gets to be creative. No one gets judged. It's awesome! It's only week 4, so I'm definitely excited for what the future weeks hold in terms of our storybook project coming together!

~Bayonce