Dr. Dana William’s speech on October 7th was the last speech that will be given in my Freshman Seminar class. This speech was very different from the other speeches that haven been given, probably due in large part to Dr. Williams being one of the professors conducting the seminar. I am sad for the speeches to end but I knew this day was coming. Dr. William’s speech was more of a presentation that would enable the class to get back on track for the group projects we have to do. This is the part of Freshman Seminar I was dreading. I absolutely hate group projects, but I am glad that Dr. Williams spent the time to go over the project again. She also went over the grading rubric again. I’m glad that the project doesn’t count for the majority of the grade. I never like relying on other people for something that I need to get done. Although Dr. Williams said that they decided to break the class structure up to help us learn better, I think it would have been best to keep it as a lecture class. The main people who enjoy group projects are the slackers in the group because they know that someone else will pick up their slack so the group grade won’t drop. I like to be accountable for myself and nobody else. Something I didn’t like was that Dr. Williams read some of the blog posts out loud. It’s unlikely, due to the large size of the class, but I always get a little anxious about a professor potentially picking my work to read aloud. Thank god she didn’t.
Monique Smith
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