Class Thoughts VI

Class on Tuesday was pretty much amazing. Number one - we had class outside. What a beautiful day! It's so much easier to think outside, although the air conditioning unit (or whatever it was) made loud noises that caused me and Kayla to have difficulty hearing the quiet, timid girls/ladies speaking from the other side of the courtyard. Ms. Kolb was most gracious about repeating most of what they said though, so we got the general idea. I got a little bit pink from the sun, but it was so totally worth it. So totally.

Number two reason was that we discussed the 4th and 5th Acts of Othello, and had a wrap-up discussion about the whole play in general. I loved it, I truly did. It makes me eager to read more Shakespeare . . . especially in light of my discovery of the Spark Notes online.

Number three reason is that we, once again, divided into small discussion groups. I don't know about the rest of the class, but I get so much more out things when we do this. Maybe it's my home-school background, but it's really hard for me to take the effort to speak up in class. So my group got to discuss Emilia and Desdemona, and the ways they were different in their approach to life, men, marriage, etc. It was quite interesting.

Tomorrow is our in-class essay on Othello. I'm not really nervous - I generally do well with these type of things. However, I always have that fear that none of the prompts will inspire me and I'll get a tremendous writer's block, etc., etc. Which is just silly. Our research paper thesis is also due, which I am feeling grumpy about. I wish I could just sit in my room and read and write always. But life happens, and I haven't really had enough time to explore all the different topics I could write about. So. . . I'm picking the first one that inspired me, coming up with a very, very rough thesis, and turning it in with the knowledge that I'm going to have to come up with a pretty impressive paper to make up for that. ;)

Tomorrow I am hoping to, after class, post on Acts IV and V of Othello. Time has been scarce lately, but tomorrow afternoon (and Friday actually) are relatively un-busy, so I shall prioritize accordingly.

Toodles.