My Final Blog for This Class

Well, here it is, my final blog post. I am kind of happy that this weekly blog posting is going to be over. Please do not get me wrong. I loved this class and it was a highlight of my spring semester. Weekly blog-posting, on the other hand, was really getting to me. In the beginning, it seemed like I would enjoy this assignment but only a month into the semester I have realized how troublesome it would actually be. It got even harder when I ran out of possible topics to write about. Oh well, I do not see a reason to ramble about it any longer, since this is my last blog post.

This class was indeed a great deal of interesting experience, despite all those hurdles with blog-posting and volunteering. Talking about volunteering, I have already written a reflection blog-post on my volunteering experience at OBrayn't. I do not think it is worth retyping the same thing all over again, but I would like to reiterate a short summary from that post. 

I was never fond of volunteering because of how frustrating and time-consuming it is. I have had some volunteering experience back in Uzbekistan and that only reinforced my position that it is not my cup of tea. When I realized that this class would involve volunteering as a part of the curriculum I was not really really happy about that. I had no choice but to comply and volunteer.  I would have never thought that one day I would be tutoring English to high school students. As a volunteering tutor, I have learned that tutoring at writers’ room was not only about English or writing in general, but about the communication between individuals and how collaborative work can help people achieve better results. 

After almost 20 hours of volunteering, I have to admit that it was worth it. I am glad that I was urged to do that. Because of this experience, I was able to expand my understanding of volunteering. However, I still think that volunteering is not my thing. 

Switching back to the in-class experience, once again, it was a blast. I would have never thought that a writing class in college could be so much fun. I was really surprised that our group bonded so quickly and turned out to be really supportive. I will miss those heated debates we had in class and of course everyone's favorite, attendance questions. I wish that all of my class could have this kind of attendance roll call. Alas, in some classes it would just cause pure chaos.  

I would like to end this last blog post by saying that this kind of experiences make our lives a bit brighter and keep us moving forward. 

Thank you very much for being so awesome and good luck everybody!

(A_G)