For this last post, I thought I'd write about all of the writing everyone else has done! Normally for online classes where you are required to read and comment on the work of other people, it ends up being an endless drudgery of reading the same content regurgitated in different ways from readings or assignments. I thus had a bad association with online classes, and when I saw that a good portion of the grade relied on reading and responding to the writing of others, I was dreading it.
BUT. Everyone so pleasantly surprised me. This class is unlike any other I've taken in many ways, but first and foremost is the level of creative license we are all encouraged to take. There were endless avenues to pursue, endless ways to convert something ancient into something new and modern and relevant. It consistently blew my mind to encounter the creativity of everyone in the class, and how they related these stories to things they cared about. It has truly been a joy to read all of the different versions of stories, some more humorous, some serious. Some had long, laid out contexts, some were abrupt and over almost as soon as they began - just a quick glimpse into a potential new world. But all of them were fantastic representations of the endless creativity in each of us, and that was an inspiring thing to encounter, especially in the face of the mundane expectations I had.
So I suppose this is a little bit of a sappy thank-you note to everyone who poured themselves and their creativity into the writings for this class. It's been a joy to read your work and all of you inspired me to write more creatively, something for which I was previously convinced I had no skill.
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| Thank you to everyone who demonstrated their creativity this semester! |
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