Aeneid Reflection - 1408 Words

Even after taking the same class, but with different classmates, readings, and professor, I can say that I have learned a lot since last year’s seminar class. My growth in Seminar 2 can be shown through a learning outcome from each of the five goal categories: shared inquiry, critical thinking, seminar specific learning outcome, instructor specific learning outcome, and written and oral communication. Out of these five goal categories, I have improved the most in shared inquiry, more specifically, in the learning outcome: â€Å"Pursue new and enriched understandings of the texts through sustained collaborative inquiry.† At the beginning of this semester, I found it somewhat difficult to pursue new understandings of the texts through the†¦show more content†¦In the critical thinking learning outcome, I still have trouble asking â€Å"probing questions about a common text or other objects of study.† Even in last semester’s seminar I had trouble in t he this category, yet, within this semester, I feel that I have gotten better, but it is still something I’m struggling to work with. Especially when there are texts that I can’t relate to, specifically, Elements by Euclid. Rather than during discussion, I tend to think of things after the discussions that help me relate to the text and expand on what I could say. For example, in Elements, I only thought of things that I could’ve said in the free-write I wrote, in which, I said that I learned that â€Å"the flaws that these proofs can have and how they can be different if you don’t have a picture and how it relates to me by connecting math to music, â€Å"These geometric theories can also relate to music because in music you would have to accurately measure each string, hole, etc in order to create the right pitch. ...The scales, notes, instrumental design all can be related to math.† To help me improve in this category, possibly free-writing afte r I read the text might help me come up with more probing and interesting questions to ask. As a result of taking seminar, in the seminar specific learning outcome, I have grownShow MoreRelatedThe Odyssey : The Aeneid And The Odyssey1075 Words   |  5 PagesThe Aeneid and the Odyssey are perhaps two of the most famous epic poems to come out of the ancient world. 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