Last day of classes!

Today was my last day of classes for the semester. Now all I have to look forward to is a take-home final due Tuesday and two finals next week, one on Tuesday and one on Friday. I was lucky enough to configure my schedule so I don't have any classes on Fridays, which has been really nice this semester. I took 17 credits this semester; I wouldn't recommend taking any more than that. I had four classes that were only on Tuesday and Thursday, and one class (Spanish) that was Monday through Thursday. This made for very hectic Tuesdays and Thursdays, especially because I also worked those nights, so although it was nice having more free time on the other days, I don't think I would do it again.

My two favorite classes this semester were Biblical Foundations of Literature and Spanish 101. I went into Biblical Foundations of Literature not knowing what to expect, but the professor, Dr. Michael Sexson, was one of the best teachers I have ever had. He taught us not only how to think about the Bible from a critical, literary perspective (and by critical, I mean objectively), but also how to think in general and many useful life lessons. One of my favorite things about his class was that everyone was required to keep a blog related to the class. This sounds a little strange, and I thought it was at first, but it allowed for everyone to get to know each other through writing and comment on whatever they found interesting. Dr. Sexson would read some of the blogs in class and we discussed them, so it was overall a great forum of ideas and communication. If you're interested, my blog address is http://karenwilsonak.blogspot.com/. Our last day of class today was almost sad, because we have finally come together as a class. We spent the last few weeks doing presentations, first group presentations we had about half of the semester to work on, and then individual term paper presentations. Our group presentations related to certain books of the Bible, and our term papers could basically be about whatever we wanted related to the class.

Spanish 101 was a really fun class, and I also really liked the professor, Sally Sanchez. She made it really fun and was encouraging and positive. I have never taken Spanish before, but now I think I'm going to double major in both English and Spanish Teaching. If I actually do this, I have a lot of college ahead of me!

Overall, it was a fun semester and I continued to meet new people and expand my knowledge. I'm glad I'll have a break soon, but I'm still looking forward to next semester.