Epics of India

I am very satisfied with my progress in this class. Although there is a decent amount of work each week, I have fallen into a pretty steady routine in terms of how I address the different assignments. My timing has been somewhat sporadic, however, and although I have been consistent about  how  I complete the assignments, I have not been consistent about  when  I complete them. This has worked for me up until now, but I believe I could benefit from trying out a more concrete schedule.  I managed to do a decent amount of extra credit in the first few weeks before the semester started to really take off, and I feel more secure knowing that if I have to miss an assignment I have the extra credit to fall back on. It is nice to be in a class where the grade directly reflects the amount of work and effort you put in, and that there is always an option to dig deeper. I am proud of the stories I have written, and that I have pushed myself to explo...

I have taken several online classes at OU, and I have consistently found it difficult to connect with the other students and feel that I am participating and interacting with a group of humans. The commenting aspect of this class has been a great way to meet people and share ideas, which I really appreciate. I have enjoyed reading other people's introductions and gaining perspective on who my classmates are; it has also been interesting to observe how our different backgrounds may influence our writing.  The comments I have received have generally been very helpful; I have started to see patterns in how I write and what I need to work on thanks to the insight of other students. Some of the questions they have posed have caused me to consider new ways of approaching my writing and exploring ideas I might otherwise have overlooked.  I consider editing to be one of my stronger abilities, and I hope that other students have found my feedback helpful. I try to pose questio...

This course has been magical for me, because it is the first opportunity I have had since my junior year of high school to write creatively for a class. Growing up, writing was always one of my favorite pastimes, and I filled many notebooks with the musings of my young mind: I wrote stories, poems, and everything in between. Words were my escape, but they also helped to ground me. Since starting college, I have had very little time to write creatively on my own, and I am so happy to be able to reconnect with my love of creative writing through this class. Each week I have explored different styles of storytelling (from those filled with poetic imagery to those are based purely on ironic humor), and I am very happy with how many of the stories have turned out.  In order to make the most of the reading for this class, I would like to explore more of the extra credit options. It has been wonderful gaining a solid foundation of the Indian Epics through the Ramayana and the Mahabhara...