English was a fun course last semester. Although I didn't learn a whole lot of new material, I got to reinforce the old. I got to write a couple of things, on most of which I bent the rules to my will, even though I did better on some things than others. Most of the paragraphs and essays I wrote ended up somewhat constricted because of guidelines, but a few in the beginning of the year (Turbid Slogans, Democracy in School, etc.) were more fun because of the ability to write freely. I suppose the class could've stood a little more free writing and, since my hard drive is bursting with poetry, some poetry also (that is a unit, right?). I really did try to participate in class, but I believe I lacked in that. Most of the time I sit in my desk and mumble like some sort of know-it-all [�]. It might be amusing to listen in once in awhile; I've noticed my voice sounds really sarcastic when I answer things in my "mumbler" mode. Not to say that I've been following the guidelines for this perfectly, but I can't really answer question two beyond, "Not much if any." I haven't really had to do a great load of critical thinking for anything; that would explain the lack of participation and effort I suppose. I have resolved, though, that I'm going to be more active in class and do more work for the work whenever possible. It's one of the many things I realized I had to do at the semester switch. To my knowledge, it's completely my choice to enjoy or not enjoy something I'm doing. I think I was relatively apathetic with the work most of the time, which doesn't really lend to having loads of fun. It's more on my fault that I had didn't make the best of the time I had. I wouldn't say, though, that I had a bad time. I was quite pleased with myself the entire time because of the not-quite-hard curriculum. So, all in all, it was a good semester (though I'm not exactly pleased with my grade). I know I will work to the full extent of my ability on everything I can, though it will be more difficult this semester because of athletics. On a completely unrelated note, I didn't remember if you wanted this double-spaced or not so I compromised for one point five. To conclude this random collection of thoughts, I was going to do something brilliant [�] but I forgot what it was, so I'll leave you with a question (even though I don't think that makes sense on an evaluation). How can you learn the meaning of someone's words better than by writing them for yourself?