Closing Statements

While looking at the paper that was provided for us before the final exam, I had a lot of time to reflect on what this class actually meant to me. I had learned a lot from the text and other students in this course and it was very inspiring.

Looking back at it, I would have to say that You Gotta Be the Book and Clearing the Way were my two favorite, and most inspirational texts from this semester. I had learned quite a bit on how to approach grading papers written in class, all the way to interpreting texts and how to come to a conclusion as a class. With these ideas all in my head I was able to implement them now, as a teaching assistant, and hopefully later on as a teacher of English. This course had created a very beneficial basis on which I can build my future off of.

I think one of the coolest things I have taken from this course is ideas and solutions to certain issues we may experience in the classroom. As a class, we were able to discuss alternative possibilities and solutions and I feel everyone had amazing input and I would be able to put all of this to use later on. On top of class involvement, there were also other texts, like Reading, Writing, and Rising Up, that provided us with future lesson plans. I don't know about the other students, but I definitely plan on keeping this book around for my future teaching exercises.

All in all, this class has brought me nothing but important and beneficial lessons for my future classroom and I look forward to implementing them. It was a pleasure to be in this class, especially with the few people we had. I felt it was efficient, helpful, and very productive. I hope to have more classes like this in the future.