this is the end...

Every school year about this time going back to middle school I tend to have mixed feelings about the semester drawing to a close. Like many others, I am definitely looking forward to the long hiatus from school we have coming up after finals week. However, part of me cannot help but feel somewhat saddened that fall 08 is about to be put in the books. There were classes I enjoyed, new friends that were made, and plenty of good memories to look back on over the course of the past four months. I really enjoyed my experience in English 201. I did not really understand how the cohort idea was going to work at first, but I enjoyed working on assignments with my group. This class was a lot different than any of the other English classes I have taken at UW or in high school for that matter, and I really liked how open ended many of the assignments were. Even this, the final assignment of the class is to blog about whatever you want! Thanks Christine, and not to bad talk other professors at this fine university, but many of them are far too set in the ways that their classes are taught to allow students to use this much creativity. Aside from the class, we elected a new president in November. I wish all the best to president elect Obama, and here is to hoping he does a better job than Mr. Bush. The Badgers football team did not live up to their lofty expectations, but the atmosphere at the games was still great. Our economy is in the tank, or at least that is what the news will tell you. My feeling is that America will bounce back from this, but only time will tell. This is the end my friends.
P.S. Thanks to everybody in the class. You might not know me or have talked to me but I enjoyed hearing what everyone had to say over the past four months. Good luck in your future endeavors.