Blog 12: The Last Post....

First of all I thought I would end saying that you are all rather fantabulous people and it has been a pleasure getting to know all of you throughout this course. Throughout this semester I have learned one thing above all others......my history teachers did not teach me anything in high school. I have had to accept the fact that when Stark or Serrata mentioned some famous figure in history, unless they are a president, I was not going to have any clue who they were talking about. After a full school year of Latin American history though, I feel as if I actually know something. Which is pretty cool. This class helped to alter my previous saying of "I hate history and all things history" to "Ya know, history isn't all that bad." My writing has definitely improved as well. Not only do I feel as if I am a faster reader/note taker, I have also become a speedier writer. This is pretty cool for me because it used to take me ages to put words down on a paper, and I would have very little time to edit. Now I have at least a day or two, and I would have more if I didn't procrastinate. Though I would slap a warning label on it about the amount of reading and writing that is required, overall, I would recommend this sequence to any newcomers.