Letter

Lyndsay Bowers

Humanities Literature

Letter

 

Dear Marlen,

The purpose of me taking your class this semester is because it is a repeat class. I took Humanities Literature during the summer semester and did not do very well. I found out English classes are not meant to be taken online.

I started your class after reading the massive work that we would be doing this semester in the syllabus and thought to myself I should not have retaken humanities literature this semester. I saw all the books that were to be read and the poems and blogs that would have to be done and thought “what have I gotten myself into.” But when I started your class it was entertaining and I changed my mind about what I thought the class was going to be. I looked at it as a challenge and even thou it was a lot of world it was easy to do. I enjoyed the class more as we got into the material and discussions. I was excited that the class had a lot of mythology. I knew after we had talked about Greek mythology that I would have fun in this class and I would enjoy it even thou it was at eight o’clock. The time of the class did not bother me when I had learned we would be learning and talking mythology. I was up and ready every morning in order to enhance my knowledge on the myths of the past worlds.

You have made this class very comfortable to learn in and you made it entertaining to learn about literature. English was never my best subject. I hate to write and read books teachers assign you to read. I like to read when I want to read and not be forced to do it. In this class I have learned to deal with the assigned readings you have given us. They were actually good books for me to read. I learned a lot from them. More than anything, in this class, I enjoy analyzing myself. I never had a class were you write about yourself and analyze your life. It is very interesting for me to share things about me and express them in poems that I consider are good poems. You and this class have made me a writer, a poet, and an examiner. I look at everything different and look at everything in sections. I examine the archetypes of other people the archetypes I acquire and how I and others handle journeys.

This class has taught me that life is one journey after another. I may have known that before, but I never explored it fully. I never sank deeper into the story to find the meaning of things. It is kind of like Psychology were you explore the human behaviors and personalities. You examine them from every aspect and you try to find the problem. That is what I think this class has done for me. I look at each part of mythology and past stories and look deeper to find the meaning or problems.

My goal for this class when I started it this semester was to retake Humanities Literature and boost my GPA up. I had planned to do everything I could in order to get an A in the class. Since then my goals have changed. I know want to come to class and learn more of stories, religion, and past mythology. What I expect to receive from this class is a better understanding of the hand me down stories and tales. Why they were written the way that they were, and how that effected people of that time. I want to have knowledge about other religions, not just my own. (Presbyterian) I want to come out of this class having an open mind about others and how they live their lives and worship their gods.

More than anything at the end of this class I will have enough courage to take another class by you and know that it will be a great class and learn and understand more about the subjects you teach.

I don’t think I have ever yet in college had a professor quite like you, and thats a good thing. I would defiantly take another class taught by you.

Sincerely,

Lyndsay Bowers