Thoughts of class for the week of March 14

This week I think we got a ton accomplished in classes. I really liked doing the workshop and having other students giving their input on what I could do to make my poem sound better. I also really liked the positive comments and thoughts I received from my group memebers on the poem. The poem meant a lot to me because it was about my mom and her having cancer so I really wanted it to look and sound good and when everything in my group thought it was really good, it really made my day. I also liked being able to see other students work and some of the thoughts others put into their poetry. I would really like to see us having another class like this before the semister is over because I really think I got alot of good information and ideas out of the workshop. I also really enjoyed the open mic sesson we had in class on Thursday. I had never verbally shared any of my poetry to anyone, especailly people that I really didn't know. I will admit that I was very nervous about reading my poems in front of the class and was rather nervous about giving up in front of the class, but once I did it I felt pretty good about it. I think it was nice to be able to get that first time experience out of the way in front of a small group and a positive group that won't yell and scream if my poems sucked. I also won't really mind doing another open mic soon. Overall, I think this weeks classes were my favorite week of class we've had yet.