Blog Post #2 — Takeaways from Week 1 and 2

Kristen and Elizabeth
Nov 3 · 2 min read

Overall, Unit 1 taught us a lot about the traditional role of grades and student activism. It’s been super interesting to hear the class’ opinions about both of these subjects. In regards to the traditional role of grades, it’s been nice to hear that we hold the same viewpoints as a lot of classmates. Most of us don’t like how college classes are traditionally structured and how much emphasis is placed on memorization and testing. It’s kind of weird how many students are opposed to this or don’t feel like they are getting as much learning out of these formats, yet most of our college classes remain with this format. One reason why this may be the case could just be the ease of everything. Professors have real lives and they may feel this is the most streamlined way to acquire grades and to assess learning. On the part of the student, non-traditional methods may require more outside of class time, and that may not be something students are willing to put in. However, the trade-off would be learning that would last more than the semester. Meaning, it would be thought-provoking, useful, and informative. This would have much greater implications in the long-run that would help more after college than the traditional role. Therefore, we are very grateful for this unique classroom opportunity!

Student activism is also another topic that we covered during Week 2. This was especially interesting because as students, we don’t oftentimes feel like we can make the changes we want to see in the world. It seems like college is a stepping stone that is necessary in order to potentially make changes in the world after college, however, the student activism article showed us the impact that students can have while they are still ACTUALLY STUDENTS. The article we chose as discussion leaders this week explored students with disabilities that are also activists for those with disabilities. They were able to make changes on the stigma of those with disabilities while they were still in school themselves, which was so cool and interesting, not to mention super impressive. Additionally, there was a point made that a lot of the issues in a society can also be seen on college campuses, which is something we think should be seriously considered. It’s really amazing that these issues can be thought about and attempted to be solved by students in college because they are at their peak with learning and brain activation. They’re also still super motivated! Overall, this unit has taught us so much about college campuses and how we can continue to shape the college experience to better educate and enhance students and society.

overall, Unit 1 has been pretty inspiring, as it has presented us with the ability to consider a learning environment that is both unique and interesting, and it has presented us with some deeper knowledge of what it really means to be an activist, and how we as students can make a change in our world. We can’t wait to see what is next on the class agenda!

Kristen and Elizabeth

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Two members of the Lib100 class at WFU! Just hear to reflect on our class and debrief!

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