AiS this past year

Finals are halfway done, schools out in less than a week, and summer is fast approaching. As I look back on this crazy class I've come to realize that the "correct" way of learning isn't always the right way to learn. From the moment we got "The Death of Mr. Bolos" assignment I thought I was doomed. I'm not the kind of person who usually enjoys discussions or loose curriculums. So I automatically thought that I would get nothing out of this class and would not learn a thing. How wrong I was. This class has taught me that sometimes the facts your reading are not the only things out there. You have to look beyond whats on the page and focus on things such as, why are we reading about this, who wrote this, how much space is dedicated to this, and so on. Also, throughout this past year I have made so many connections from my everyday life to topics we have talked about in AIS. Although I'm not very good at blogging what I've seen, they are definitely circulating in my mind. I'm positive that I will continue to look for those connectors long after our last day of class. But I think the most important thing to take out of this class was the fact that I had to break out of my little comfortable shell. It's intimidating walking into a classroom with 40 other people who all have their different opinions and methods of thinking. At least in my case, raising my hand was an accomplishment on its own. Yet, I like to think my participation has improved over the past year and I will continue to reach my hand out a little further every day from now on. I guess all I have to say is thanks Mr. Bolos and Mr. O'Connor. It's been a fun and exciting year. 

Yo check it...

So I found this on the front page of cnn today:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/05/07miraculous.memory/index.html

For more information check out my other two blogs on this.