uw 20

To evaluate this class, i would definitely have to think back to the beginning, before handing in that first paper and actually thinking that it was good. Now, reading it again, i cant say that i agree with myself. That paper was horrible and i really have improved. I did like in the class how all of the extra little assignments meant something and worked towards the bigger goals. Like when we would read the stories such as Hayslip etc. eventually i was glad that i had already done the reading because it make the paper much more manegable as opposed to just having a random assignment to do in class. I cant say i liked the peer editing that much because i hate doing it and i feel like i dont know enough to comment on someone else's paper, and i also felt that because the professor wasnt taht involved with the peer editing itself, then you didnt get the necessary feedback to make the paper better. Some of the things that the peer editor would say worked well, in the end the professor disagreed, so i do think that there should be more communication in that aspect of it. The individual meetings worked out really well, i felt that from then on i knew what was missing to make the paper better. Overall i though that the class was good, it was challenging at times but i guess that is how you learn.

Straight up and Dirty

I personally thought that the book was good, well written and entertaining. But... it did at some points push the envelope and it was a bit unnecessary. Her stories did not have to be so explicit to get her point across and at times i think that it does take away from some very good parts and makes it harder to sympathize with her. But then again in out societly who is always asking for the next contreversy, the next person to "put it all out there" maybe that was her strategy. I mean if you are going to name your book Straight up and dirty, you might as well follow through or your audience will be dissapointed. I had issues with it because at times i could not relate with her generalizations. I do like how she was able to bring in a new view of very different topics. The idea of the woman who is cheated on because she is too busy and not "sexually available" enough for her husband, which is definitely not the reason that this happened to her. The idea of the people who have abortions as only immature young girls, and her whole new views on sex. I didnt have any issues with her transition from blog into a book i though the story was very well constructed and cohesive because she constantly related all of her issues back to her marriage.