I enjoy this course and I've noticed that I've been able to find something in each of the books useful or interesting, even if the work as a whole did not impress me. 

I like what we've done and I'm really interested to see where we're going, especially now that we're going to be shaping the course ourselves. 

 The first half of the semester in this class has been interesting.  Like veritatemdilexi, I tend to watch the clock in most of my classes, but time in this class seems to fly by.  My participation in class could definitely be worked on, but I think the class discussions so far have brought up a lot of different view points and opinions.   Sometimes it seems like the discussions move a little too far from the original topic, and more into just debates about smaller details, but at least there is participation from the majority of the class.  I like that there is opportunity for everyone to give their opinions if they want to.    

 So far I am really enjoying the direction of the course, and I think the variety of material that we will be covering over the course of the upcoming quarter will bring in a lot of different angles and perspectives on nonfiction. Looking back on the past quarter, however, I feel like we have had a lot of arguments and point-proving sessions that have drifted away from our main points. I live that in the class we can stray from the main point and explore new ideas surrounding it, but this is only constructive when the class is having a discussion, not always an argument.