Famous Last Words: The End
These will be, quite literally, my Famous Last Words for this course! What a ride it has been. I had no idea what this class was going to be like when I enrolled, and I just did it to get my final General Education credit. However, I think this might be my favorite course that I've taken at OU. Often, it didn't even feel like a class! I loved the readings and getting to explore multiple cultures through their traditional stories. I also found a lot of joy in the writing portion of the class, as we engineers don't often get to flex that part of our brain. Additionally, it was nice getting to keep up with the stories of different classmates. Some of them were really fantastic and you could tell they put a lot of effort into them. One of the most valuable parts of this class was engaging in a discussion about learning and teaching methods. This class introduced some ideas about breaking generally accepted education methods and standards in favor of a nontraditional but mor