During
the painful course registration, I had few options and this class though not on my original plan of the semester, stood out as more interesting than others, plus it fit with my schedule so I went for it,
being honest that is. That is what my decision was based on at that time.
I
found the first reading of War and Peace by Tolstoy to be interesting. However,
hard and boring to read, though later with the connection it had to all the
other readings it proved to be a very good choice as a starting point. I am not
sure if this is the right way to put it, but the way the readings were on a
theoretical, historical and modern levels of thought, I found them to be very
interesting as well as important in order to reach a full general understanding
of the classes' subject, and although I might have not enjoyed reading some of
them, I nevertheless do not deny the added value of each and every one to the
current knowledge obtained from this course.
Understanding
the necessity behind a certain method of evaluation a professor is obliged to use
other than that of only oral discussions in class, and so the essays we had in
addition to the presentations led me for what might be the first time ever in
my educational "path" to have no "student objections”. On the
contrary it helped me feel fully engaged with the course; it was indeed a very
interactive method, thus no matter how hard it was sometimes to understand the
texts assigned everything was always cleared out after a great discussion.
Coming from a university where student teacher relations most of the time are
friendly ones more than official, this classroom was definitely the friendliest
of all my courses at Sciences Po throughout this year, as a result i am
grateful for the comfortable atmosphere of the class which had helped me feel
at ease learning and participating.
Looking back it now, I am glad the course registration led me to be a
part of this class; i have through daily conversations noticed the
thoughts, learned from the course, when referencing an article a reading
or the discussions outside class. I apologize if this final essay did
not address a certain topic it was supposed to, nevertheless having the
choice to format the final post on my own, i will end by hoping the
interest and information gained regarding this topic will be help me
enhance my knowledge further more in the future.
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