Well here we are. El fin. I write this sitting in the last few minutes of my last class for the semester. It's been a rough one that's for sure. Between the internships, speech and debate, two jobs, and an 18 credit course load, it's fair to say I overcommitted. I did want to spend this time/ space complaining about the fact that I'm going to get heavily docked for not blogging more often, but that would be a fruitless endeavor, so instead, I'll do what I'm supposed to and talk about the final portfolio.
The revision process has been helpful. It was nice to have all of Ballenger's comments to work with and it gave me enough to heavily revise my papers without having to take it through much more revision process. 20 pages sounded long for a portfolio but Ballenger did an effective job of getting us prepared for it ahead of time. Because I've been keeping up with most of the revision suggestions throughout the semester, this actual portfolio hasn't been too stressful, which is a beacon of light during dead week where there were about a million other things I could barely handle.
I wish there was more of an emphasis on the connections. I feel like the most important thing we can do is connect the concepts of our papers not only to the course (which we do briefly in the cover sheet) but also to outside the classroom. Understanding how the ideas we discuss apply outside of the course is the most important thing we could possibly do as students. The deeper connections to the world are what we ought to seek in our college classes.
I hope this class in the future is as structured on that as much as possible. Ballenger does as better job than most professors of tapping into our interconnectivity to world issues / the big ideas.
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