Class Reflection

It was interesting skyping Kierra Ladner in class. Despite some technological issues at the beginning overall I think that it was very insightful.

Class Reflection

I haven't really been keeping up with my blogging for this class, but I'm going to be completely caught up by Friday I hope. I've been busy writing term papers and was gone away for a sustainability symposium that I was on the planning committee for.

I really enjoyed Don Julian when he came to speak to the class. He is a really good speaker and I felt that he offered a lot of insight. He seems like he has had a lot of amazing experiences and like he is extremely knowledgeable on a variety of topics. I would have liked to be able to spend more time getting to learn from him.

I also really enjoyed last Tuesday's class on corporate agriculture, I've been doing a lot of research into it, it's an area of high interest for me. I really enjoyed people's reactions. I think that being in a major where things like that are common knowledge, I forget that the majority of people have no knowledge about origins of food and how terrible our current food system is.

Class Reflection:

This week a class was cancelled so we only had one class. I don't really have much to say on it. I had a really hard time keeping up with the pace of the class though on Thursday. I don't know if it's because it's the first week back and I'm still rusty at taking notes or what.

I finished reading the Vanishing Face of Gaia this week. It was a good read although I didn't agree with some of Lovelock's points. I don't think that is a bad thing though because it's just another person's perspective on an issue and knowing the other viewpoint is a good thing.

Class Reflection: The Constitution

I am finding that I'm starting to get better at taking notes and am improving at using my computer. The last two classes that we've had on the constitution have been pretty interesting. It's making me realize that I don't know a whole lot about our constitution.


Our group discussion I felt went better this week then the last week. We are a week behind everyone though, so maybe as our group warms up to each other it'll be better.

Reflection on Class So Far

I feel that class is going well so far. I do find it a bit hard to keep on top on everything just with my course load this semester but I'm trying to keep myself organized and on track. I can at least be thankful that I'm not too much a procrastinator. 


I am a little worried that I'm not right on track with the chapters that we're supposed to be reading out of the Canadian Democracy textbook and that that might mess me up on the quiz that we're supposed to have. I'll just ask about that on Tuesday though. 


I find the lectures a bit hard to write good notes for because I don't always see how things connect and are related as they are presented right away. I just try to write down the notes verbatim though and go through and figure it all out later. 


Our first seminar with Ali was awkward just because people weren't really speaking up and there was a lot of awkward silences. I'm hoping that this week goes a lot smoother though and that people speak up more.