Blog # 10

This week we finished up reading Freud's book, Civilization and its Discontents.  We watched a movie about Sigmund Freud and his nephew. For today's class we read a bunch of poems off of the internet.  So today in class, instead of a commentary, we worked in groups.  We were given two poems and had to find certain elements in each poem. The elements weren't too hard to find.  They were things like "line that made you laugh" and "line with contradicting elements".   Then as a group, we made our own poem.  We each had to write a certain part of speech.  The catch was we didn't know what anyone else had written.  So the sentences came out really choppy but very entertaining.  Today's class was a good change from the usual lectures.

Week #9

This week is short because of fall break so we have only had class once since we got back.  Yesterday we watched a movie that talked a lot about art and inventions.  Last Wednesday we took our midterm exam.  I liked how we got immediate feedback after we took the test.  I didn't think the test was too bad.  I didn't study as much as I wanted to but I still did alright.  I think the test was scaled also so that helped my grade even further, which was nice.  For tomorrow I need to finish Sigmund Freud's book.  So far I find this book fairy confusing.  I am hoping that we will discuss it a little bit in class tomorrow to help me understand it.

Blog for week #8

This week we have reached the half way point of this class.  So that means that we have a midterm this week on Wednesday.  Today in class we discussed what will be on the test.  I was glad we discussed it because I had no idea what to expect on it.  Last week, the second movie showed at the local coffee shop.  I enjoyed this movie more than the last one.  It was called the Bicycle Thief.  The movie wasn't in English though so reading the subtitles got annoying.  Other than that, I found this movie much more entertaining that Dead Man.  I just finished writing the review for it.  So once I am done blogging, I will need to study for the midterm and then I will be done with this class until after fall break.

Blog #7

So far this week, we have been watching another movie in class.  The movie is called The Doll House. So far it is about a girl who goes off and marries a fairly wealthy man and ends up becoming kind of a snob.  When we left off yesterday, this girls long time friend, who she hasn't seen for quite sometime, randomly shows up for a visit.  There seems to be a lot of issues about money so far in this movie.  I wonder if that will be relevant later on. So far, it is a fairly interesting movie.  I'm looking forward to finding out how it ends.