One recommendation I suggest is to pick a final project subject that you will
want to learn more about that will keep you wanting to stay intrigued.
Humanities is a great course; I have learned many things. Another suggestion,
stay focused and read everything! There is a lot of material and sometimes key
components get lost. My recommendation for next term's humanities students
would be to pick a topic for your presentation that you are passionate about.
My topic is something that is so close to my heart so when I was working on
my presentation it was enjoyable. I felt inspired to work hard on it because I
wanted it to turn out well. My advice I would give to the students who take this
class next would be to take notes and keep an open mind. Be open minded
about what you see, hear, and read. The knowledge from this course can be
used in your everyday lives. Taking notes has helped me through my entire life.
Writing down anything from a grocery list or taking notes from a course has
been helpful. I do not have the best memory, but I have noticed that if I write it
down then I have a better chance at remembering what I needed to. I say be
open minded, because if you do not have an open mind, you will not learn
everything that you need to master this course. There is some interesting
information in this course. I hope that this advice may be useful to the next
students in this course. I also wish my classmates the best of luck in their
upcoming courses. If I had one recommendation for the next humanities class,
it would be to approach the class with and open mind with the will to learn.
Coming into a class like this with that mentality will help you to succeed and
learn new things. That is the main approach I took for this course. Another
approach I took was spacing out my work as much as I could so that I would
not have to cram at the last minute. This let me take things in and spend more
time gaining an understanding of the material. What advice would I give to
someone taking this course? That is an interesting question. It has the
protectional for multiple answers. I would say that from an educational stand
point it is important to find a good schedule and keep it. If that means not
spending time out, then that is what you do. b From the standpoint of piquing
interest then the I would advise that you find what you love and follow the
research from there.
I personally had a hard time with my schedule as I work long hours at the
hospital. It causes me to be so exhausted that I sometimes miss getting things
done when I am wanting to. I love to learn and studying the past is something I
really enjoy. I had a very easy time finding information on one of my artifacts
as I was already so familiar with the historical content it came from. I have
taken several courses that have written papers so knowing how to research for
a school project was easier for me to understand. For next term's humanities
students, I would recommend they make sure to figure out a schedule to
balance school, work, and down time. I thought I could manage on my own
without developing a schedule, but I began to struggle with the amount of
coursework required for this class without one. I also think it is important that
people have an open mind throughout this course. I started this class off with
little to no interest in visual art, but I feel that it has become more intriguing to
me. If I had to think of one thing that would be useful for the next class of
humanities students, it would be to make sure you stick to your study schedule
and try not to let other things going on in your life interrupt you on your
journey to higher education. The class load can seem large at first glance but if
you take the time to do it, it turns out not to be so much after all. I found
approaching this class with the understanding that I know far from it all and
the willingness to learn things through the perspectives of others made it far
easier to understand the materials.
