Womens Lit Reflection

Seeing this class on the course list choices made me happy. Finally a course I sort of felt like I already knew something about it. Including of course, my obvious female perspective because I am a girl. I liked the people in my class. I already knew some of them and they are all nice. My biggest fear was having a teacher who was hard to talk to. That was soon demolished once I met Ms. Tally.
This being a new class, Ms Tally was always asking us if we liked how she was doing things as a teacher. That was nice. I liked being able to say my true opinion although I rarely had anything to change because she gave us a fair amount of work. It was easily feasible as long as you read the books. I loved the book selection! With the exception of the Handmaid’s Tale, which I thought was quite boring. I felt like the plotline was a good start to the class but in comparison with reactions to the other books it just seems dull. I didn’t take as much from it as I did with the other books. The biggest lesson I learned in this class, is something that my dad has been telling me ever things I was little. I just didn’t listen until I had the opportunity to experience it firsthand. “Always be diplomatic.” My dad would say. It wasn’t until this class that I truly understood what being ‘diplomatic’ is. Basically, when you put your opinion out there to the public, you’d better make sure you have evidence.
One of the scariest things to me about this course was that a LOT of it had to do with time management. Well, that’s good and all. I know that’s what life is really about and I’m glad I’ve gotten better at it. I find it easier to write once I’ve talked out my thoughts to someone around me. That’s why these blogs were so hard for me to do in the beginning. Since I wasn’t entirely sure what to say. Now I just let my words flow out from the tips of my fingers and onto the computer screen. I write just like it’s my voice speaking. That’s what I love about this class. It captures your personality.
My opinion about women has pretty much stayed the same. I never thought women to be completely inferior or completely superior to men. I just thought they needed help at times from troubles with our society. I’ve learned that men do too. The whole world, men and women need to change in so many ways. They need to broaden their perspectives, and subject themselves to empathy. No matter what time, place, or status, women have similar experiences that overlap one way or another. In this way, we can relate to one another and get along better.