Help! - Weiran Liu

This year 3^rd hour English has always been something to look forward to, whether it was the course or the people in the class, I think that you did really well in creating an environment in which all of us are comfortable speaking our minds. Conversations ranged anywhere from what the test was going to be like to education policy and upcoming movies. Socratic seminars were awesome. I felt like the class was really efficient, oftentimes many teachers deviate and forget that part of the course is to prepare us for the test. The timed writings, although mentally brutal some days, really helped me improve and grow as a writer. It allowed me to think creatively and on the spot; I also got to implement more of my voice into my writing because you taught me to get away from the standard five paragraph format. The peer review was effective for me as well because not only did it allow me to see good writing and develop a trained eye on reading papers but it offered multiple perspectives which can be lost in straight forward “traditional” grading. That being said, I do wish that we reviewed some of the vocabulary from first semester in the later half of second semester because I remember struggling with some questions on the test just because I did not understand the vocabulary used. I do wish we did more multiple choice practice tests and spent more time on those too. Overall the class was efficient with its time usage and effective in teaching the material.