Post #17: Looking Back
While this course was hard, I think it really was worth it. In the beginning, I was worried about being able to make this paper 15 pages. I truly did not believe I was going to be able to write that much. Now, I am way beyond fifteen and could probably keep writing because of all of the research I have collected. At the start I really thought that I was not going to be able to keep up with the work-load. All of the assignments that were piled into the beginning really forced me to consider dropping out of the class. I am really glad I didn’t. I am very proud of the work I completed and would have been bummed not to have seen its big finish.
All of these fears were vanquished after we got done with the literature review. I absolutely hated researching in the past; but because this was a topic I really am passionate about, research was no longer something I hated. I got over my fear of research really quick. Also, as the semester went by the work slowly got a little less time-consuming. This helped me a lot, especially in my other classes.
In the future, I hope to get positive feedback from publishers about my article. Best case scenario, I hope to get published! I really want to do more work on the research I have collected, because it could prove a lot more than what I set out to prove.
In this class, my proudest moment was actually outside of it. My personal high in this class so far was presenting at the Gender and Sexuality Symposium a couple of weeks ago. It was so amazing, and I loved the feedback my audience gave me at the end. They were exactly the questions and comments I had hoped to get.
What will most stick with me at the end of this course, will probably be the work ethic and time-management skills that I gained. Before this class, I thought I had those skills and that they were well honed. I was definitely mistaken. I am glad that I now know what it means to work for a grade that isn’t in a science class. I am an excellent studier, but through the skills that I have gained and sharpened in this class I can now say I am also a good project completer.
