1. Self-Evaluation
This semester seemed to fly by! Throughout it though I believe I have come to
be a somewhat better writer, and more appreciative of art. I feel more
confident in my writing now and have successfully learned how to blog! I never
would have thought I would be learning through blogging but anything is
possible I guess. I think the blog actually did help a lot because it wasn’t a
big thing we had to stress about every week, but was enough to get us to write
every week. I think my blog made me open up as a writer and I’m not as nervous
to write about new things now. This class was the first time I ever wrote a
memoir and I really enjoyed it and it has convinced me to look for more writing
classes to further my writing. I can now use ethos, pathos, and logos to further
understand writing by evaluating others and incorporating them into my own
pieces.
When I first started at Penn State I avoided any and all art
classes. I am proud to say I have found a new respect for the arts and even
enjoy them now. I thought the trip to the Palmer art museum was going to be a
horrible experience and big waste of time but, I ended up having a great time
in the relaxing atmosphere. I never even knew of all of the art activities on
campus before taking this class! It has really opened me up to a whole new side
of Penn State that I truly enjoy. I have started to attend some of the on
campus plays, shows, and on occasion revisit the art museum. There are even some off campus activities I
have been considering going to such as local book readings.
The fact that the class was also a freshman seminar was
awesome because it really got into more of the arts of Penn State. Getting to
go on trips to the Arboretum was an amazing experience because it got us out of
the class room and more into the art of nature. Getting to go to the Palmer art
museum was a great experience but without the class I doubt I would have ever
gone and I’m glad I finally did go. Getting to see In the Red and Brown Water was something I thought I would hate
but was surprised that I actually did enjoy it.
All in all I am really happy that I got a chance to take
this class. Throughout it I was able to grow as a writer and an art applicator
in ways I can honestly say I wasn’t expecting. Even though the class was a
little early, and I never did get used to that, I will still miss it.
2. Blog Response Round-Up
1. http://knaviello.blogspot.com/2012/09/working-horse-hauling.html?showComment=1348273200501#c6077495178096097747
2. http://knaviello.blogspot.com/2012/09/arboretum-experience.html?showComment=1348885331089#c7004488779826768654
3. http://haileyhere.blogspot.com/2012/09/do-i-walk-by-h.html?showComment=1349658199813#c8091002021422085080
4. http://knaviello.blogspot.com/2012/10/animal-house.html?showComment=1350257003388#c698030299927871707
5. http://theartofanargument.blogspot.com/2012/10/blog-post-4-social-network-movie-review.html?showComment=1351989059453#c8549857144504059641
6. http://jrose412.blogspot.com/2012/11/center-stage-with-penn-states-center.html?showComment=1353206483993#c8501128573230499006
8. http://rfatherly.blogspot.com/2012/11/in-red-and-brown-water-by-tarell.html?showComment=1355452557079#c1834006513297813353
9. http://colorfulspots.blogspot.com/p/artscultural-response.html?showComment=1355452882514
10. http://the1meltingpot.blogspot.com/2012/11/in-red-and-brow-water.html?showComment=1355453286078#c4968620569518114382
3.
Hi, Ms. S--I completed my SRTEs! J