This is the first post of the semester, and a good way for us all to get to know each other a bit better. First take a moment to look over the syllabus and schedule in Blackboard. Then in the comments section off this post, please answer these questions by Tuesday at 5 pm.
Name:
Hometown:
Major:
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to:
Least looking forward to:
Goals for the class:
Goals for 2010:
One surprising thing about me:
Name: Rebecca Nicholson Weir
ReplyDeleteHometown: Amarillo, Texas
Major: Theory and Cultural Studies
Aspect of Class I'm most looking forward to: Reading some great books and learning from my students.
Least: grading papers.
Goals for the class: Create a positive environment where everyone's ideas are respected and welcomed. Help students become better writers and thinkers.
Goals for 2010: finish my dissertation, become a faster and tougher jammer in roller derby.
One surprising thing about me: I am totally obsessed with roller derby. I've been playing for the Lafayette Brawlin' Dolls since Sept 2008 and my derby name is Valentine Massacre.
Name: Erica Zanath
ReplyDeleteHometown: North Royalton, Ohio
Major: Engineering (Biomedical)
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading and learning about books that I have not read before.
Least looking forward to: Writing papers.
Goals for the class: Stay open minded to different types of literature and learn as much as I can.
Goals for 2010: Finish my first year of college with great grades and train so that I can run in a 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles!)
One surprising thing about me: I absolutely love peanut butter.
Name: Luke Messmann
ReplyDeleteHometown: Fort Wayne, IN
Major: HTM
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading Dracula and also Jane Eyre. Both are really good books I have read before and I'm looking forward to reading them again.
Least looking forward to: Reading Hamlet. I am not a fan of Shakespeare and the way he writes.
Goals for the class: Like most students to attain an A in the class but also to learn more about the Great Narrative Works we are reading.
Goals for 2010: Find a high paying summer job
and to intern next fall semster in China.
One surprising thing about me: Ive never been ice skating my entire life. I've planned to go every winter for the last few years but still have yet to do it.
Name: Christie Waldron
ReplyDeleteHometown: Westfield, IN
Major: Spanish ED
Aspect of Class I'm most looking forward to: Reading books and watching movies I haven't before
Least looking forward to: Group presentations because they are usually hard to coordinate
Goals for the class: Understand all the readings to the best of my ability and learn new things
Goals for 2010: Be healthy, get good grades, and learn more Spanish!
One surprising thing about me: I studied abroad in Spain for seven weeks when I was 17 and it took me a couple days to get the hang of English again when I got back.
Name: Sloane Paris
ReplyDeleteHometown: Fort Wayne, IN
Major: Hospitality and Toursim
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading these books in a different way than I did in High School, and actually enjoying them
Least looking forward to: So much reading
Goals for the class: Learn more about the readings
Goals for 2010: Get the internship at Trump National
One suprising thing about me: I was adopted
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ReplyDeleteName: Kara Burkhardt
ReplyDeleteHometown: Indianapolis
Major: Professional Writing
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading some books that I have been meaning to get to for some time.
Least looking forward to: Remembering to post on this blog.
Goals for the class: "A"
Goals for 2010: FINISH reading "Dracula" this time.
One suprising thing about me: I practice kendo (Japanese sword fighting).
Name: Chris Thomas
ReplyDeleteHometown: Gary, IN, but i move to Valpo just last year.
Major: Social Studies Education
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading the books and writing papers on my ideas of the book I enjoy writing.
Least Looking forward to: Group projects because i usually end up having to do it all.
Goals for the class: Getting an A and writing some great papers.
Goals for 2010: Getting Straight A's, having a successful relationship as soon as i find a good girl, and having a lot of fun this year.
One surprising thing about me: I love music its a big part of my life, my fav. is r and b and classical music yes i said it classical music lol, I played the violin for 7 years and still play it today as a hobby.
Name: Katrina Collinge
ReplyDeleteHometown: Oak Forest, IL
Major: Hospitality and Tourism Managment
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading great books and discussing them with my classmates
Least looking forward to: Group presentations because I've had bad experiences with them
Goals for the class: Learn new insights into the books.
Goals for 2010: Earn As in all of my classes
One surprising thing about me: Even though I appear shy, I actually do love to talk and be around other people.
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ReplyDeleteName: Luke Barbarich
ReplyDeleteHometown: Brownsburg, Indiana
Major: Accounting
Aspect of Class I'm most looking forward to: Reading good books
Least: Writing papers
Goals for the class: Get an A
Goals for 2010: Do well in school, make more friends, get an internship at Katz Sapper Miller
One surprising thing about me: I love rugby. I played in high school and try to watch it as much as i can.
Kaitlin Newell
ReplyDeleteMunster, IN.
Elementary Education
I am looking forward to read new and interesting books and be able to express my opinions freely in class discussions.
I am least looking forward to writing papers. I am currently in the hardest class in the Elementary major. This class also requires a lot of reading and writing. So I have a feeling I will be overwhelmed.
My goal for this class is to keep up with the reading and not fall behind.
My goals for 2010 include: studying abroad in Florence, Italy; maintaining a good GPA; staying healthy and happy; and living every day to the fullest.
One surprising thing about me is that I actually love to read for fun and do it often.
Name: Natalie N. Sorrels
ReplyDeleteHometown: Greensburg IN
Major: Political Science and a minor in Law and Society
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: blogging and class discussions
Least looking forward to: group work (I've had some bad experiences)
Goals for the class: keep up on the reading and gain new insights on the things I’ve already read or seen
Goals for 2010: get my paper on SNAP published and run a mini-marathon
One surprising thing about me: I grew up on a farm with a very subsistence farming lifestyle. I can fillet a large fish in under a minute.
Name: Rachel Yee
ReplyDeleteHometown: Lafayette, IN
Major: Social Studies Education
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: I enjoy Shakespeare, so I am really looking forward to reading Hamlet again.
Least looking forward to: I am not looking forward to the group projects. I have had bad experiences with group projects in the past.
Goals for the class: I would like to try and keep and open mind about everything, and I would like to try and learn as much as possible from the literature and from my classmates.
Goals for 2010: I would like to earn A's in all of my classes and to make some new friends.
One surprising thing about me: I really enjoy playing and watching tennis. I played on the women's tennis team at my former university, and I currently work at the Schwartz Tennis Center here at Purdue.
Name: Jenny Pelc
ReplyDeleteHometown: St. John, Indiana
Major: Youth, Adult, and Family Services
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading some new books and learning some interesting things.
Least looking forward to: Giving presentations, they tend to make me nervous.
Goals for the class: To get a good grade, have a good time and meet new people.
Goals for 2010: To have a good year, meet new people, get good grades, and start looking at grad schools.
One surprising thing about me: I love to read, and I am obsessed with all things Jane Austen.
Name: Dustin Gahimer
ReplyDeleteHometown: Valparaiso, IN
Major: Computer Science
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Dracula. Definitely.
Least looking forward to: Jane Eyre
Goals for the class: Get an A. Have a better grasp of the Odyssey than when I read it in sixth grade
Goals for 2010: Bring my GPA up. Get an awesome internship
One surprising thing about me: I love sports. All kinds of sports. I'll watch almost anything. Football, basketball, soccer, skateboarding, snowboarding. New games, replays of old games. I'll watch basically anything
Name: Jenny Jacobs
ReplyDeleteHometown: Crown Point, IN
Major: Business Management
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: reading classic literature
Least: Group presentations
Goals for the class: Improve my writing skills
Goals for 2010: Managing my time better and learning to exercise on a more regular basis
One surprising thing baout me: I love anything nature, especially fishing and camping. I am definitely a girly girl,but enjoy roughing it in the outdoors.
Name: Emily Neer
ReplyDeleteHometown: West Lafayette, IN
Major: HTM
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: reading books that I haven't read before
Least: having to read wide sargrasso sea and jane eyre again, I have to read them last year for an english class and they weren't my favorite
Goals: to branch out in my reading
Goals for 2010: trying to have a healthier and possibly more adventurous life
One suprising thing about me: I am scared of chickens, because I was attacked by a rooster when I was little
Name: Jay Shah
ReplyDeleteHometown:Ahmedabad, INDIA
Major: Management
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Learn new things
Least looking forward to: Presentataions
Goals for the class: to fully understand what i read
Goals for 2010: Get an internship
One surprising thing about me: I love watching tv shows like friends, seinfield, 24 etc.....
Name: Kimmy Lauer
ReplyDeleteHometown: Hammond, Indiana (20 minutes outside Chicago!)
Major: Organizational Communication
Aspect of Class I'm most looking forward to: I'm really looking forward to
watching "O Brother Where art Thou?" It is always on CMT and I've seen the same
parts over and over, but never have sat down to watch the film in its entirety.
Least: The confusion that will come when I realize I don't understand any of
what I'm reading!
Goals for the class: I just hope to do well and contribute to the class in ways
that will make others think. An A wouldn't be bad either...
Goals for 2010: Graduate and find a job that actually utilizes my degree and
interests. Oh! And keep up with my workouts!
One surprising thing about me: I've been honored to work with some amazing
artists these past few years such as Jason Mraz, Augustana, Pete Yorn, O.A.R.,
Buddy Guy, Guster, Darius Rucker, and so on. The list continues with Lady Gaga
on Thursday!
Name: Raj Mandalia
ReplyDeleteHometown: Gujarat, India
Major: Management
Aspect of class I am looking forward to: To read new books this semester and learn as much as i can from the content.
Least: The criteria that i would enjoy the least is presentation because I
am not a good public speaker which is why i am not looking forward to it.
Goals for class: Try to gain a lot from everyone in class i.e. Professor,
friends, my group. Enjoy my reading and joyously complete my assignments. Give my best and good grades will eventually follow.
Goals for 2010: Want to perform better than what i did the last year. Improve in
playing Tennis, perform better academically, etc...
One surprising thing about me: I love watching, playing and talking about
sports. It can be any game but i simply love to discuss related topics. I hope that
all my favorite players win every time they play.
Name: Candice Belluscio
ReplyDeleteHometown: Clark, New Jersey
Major: English
Aspect of class I am looking forward to: To read books I haven't read before, learn new things, and meet new people.
Least: Writing Papers
Goals for class: To learn as much as I can from my professor, and my fellow classmates as well as to have fun, and to acheive the best grade I can possibly earn.
Goals for 2010: To not be as stressed, to do very well academically, to get a great internship for the summer, and to meet new people.
One surprising thing about me: I love to swim, and have been a lifeguard since 2005.
Name: Kala Villinski
ReplyDeleteHometown: Lafayette, Indiana
Major: English
Aspect of class I am looking forward to: Finding out what makes a work "great."
Least: I hoe one of the books are boring. I hat reading boring books.
Goals for class: To earn an 'A'
Goals for 2010: To get my house paid off and do well in my student teaching.
One surprising thing about me: I was prom queen and I had a poem published.
Name: Kimberly Miller
ReplyDeleteHometown: Elkhart, Indiana
Major: Art History
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: learning what makes a "great narrative."
Least looking forward to: managing my time with the reading and my other classes.
Goals for the class: to stay on track with the reading and assignments.
Goals for 2010: stay organized and find a job!
One surprising thing about me: I've visited 45 of the 50 states
Name:Hannah Cannon
ReplyDeleteHometown:Evansville, IN
Major:Psychology
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to:I have wanted to read Jane Eyre since I saw the movie Definitely, Maybe.
Least looking forward to: group projects. I hope these are better than the ones I have done in the past.
Goals for the class: Learn from these "great works" and get an A.
Goals for 2010: Do well academically, pick up my violin again, find time to go fishing a lot, and find a job in West Lafayette...
One surprising thing about me: I have a twin brother and I love the outdoors.
Name: Katie Krupa
ReplyDeleteHometown: Schererville, IN.
Major: Hospitality & Tourism Management
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading books I haven't read before and being able to get a good understanding of it.
Least looking forward to: Presentations and being able to find time to read ontop of all my other homework.
Goals for the class: Really be able to understand what the other was trying to convey and to do well in the class.
Goals for 2010: To not only do well academically, but also land a summer internship.
One surprising thing about me: I love fishing and being active.
Name: Courtney Foust
ReplyDeleteHometown: Fremont, Indiana
Major: Youth, Adult and Family Services
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Watching the movies
Least looking forward to: Group work/presentations
Goals for the class: Read and understand some classical novels
Goals for 2010: Get A's in all of my classes and go to the gym more
One surprising thing about me: I never pictured myself going to a large college and I only just chose a major at the end of last semester.
Name: Bobby Tehrani
ReplyDeleteHometown: Battle Creek, MI
Major: Biology
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading the books that are considered great narravtives.
Least looking forward to: Writing papers.
Goals for the class: To read and understand the books chosen for this class.
Goals for 2010: Get A's in my classes.
One surprising thing about me: I really like playing sports and snowboarding.
Name: Melissa Dunn
ReplyDeleteHometown: Barrington, IL (Northwest Suburb of Chicago)
Majors: English Literature & Political Science
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Watching the movies and analyzing them and comparing them to the books.
Least looking forward to: Group work
Goals for the class: To gain a better understand of the classical books we read.
Goals for 2010: Get A's in all of my classes
One surprising thing about me: I was suppose to be studying abroad this semester in Ireland.
Name: Jacqueline Casey Hobbs
ReplyDeleteHometown: Marshall, IN
Major: Speech and Language Pathology
Aspect of class I'm most looking foward to: Reading and discussing a wide range of books
Least looking forward to: Writing papers
Goals for the class: Get an A
Goals for 2010: Drink more water
One surprising thing about me: I ride horses in my spare time.
Name: Matt Kamp
ReplyDeleteHometown: Glenview, Illinois
Major: Management
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading classic books and understanding their meaning
Least looking forward to: Excessive amounts of reading
Goal for the class: Get at least a B
Goal for 2010: Try harder in school
One surprising thing about me: i love sports
Name: Aakriti Agarwal
ReplyDeleteHometown: Kolkata, India
Major: Business Management
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading books and watching movies to get insight into the world of literature.
Least looking forward to: Reading lengthy books considering there is considerable amount of reading to be done in other courses.
Goal for class: Understand and appreciate the works of literature.
Goal for 2010: Act more and think less.
One surprising thing about me: I know Pranic Healing.
Name: Carolyn Shaffer
ReplyDeleteHometown: Valparaiso, IN
Major: English Literature and French
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Reading Jane Eyre
Least looking forward to: Waking up to go to class, I am not a morning person.
Goal for class: I want go get an A and learn about classics that are so often referred to in other classes.
Goal for 2010: I hope to get As in all of my classes.
One surprising thing about me: I play trumpet on the All American Marching Band.
Name: Jennifer Watkins
ReplyDeleteHometown: West Lafayette, IN
Major: English and Creative Writing
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Learning more about narrative works and becoming more familiar with the history behind them.
Least looking forward to: Cold Morning Weather
Goal for class: Learn something new about the texts I've already read.
Goal for 2010: Graduate and hopefully find a job!
One Surprising thing about me: I'm half Chinese and half white. No one can figure this out.
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ReplyDeleteName: Shuiyin Liu
ReplyDeleteHometown: Beijing, China
Major: Communication
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: class discussion, watching films and comparing them with those books
Least looking forward to: final
Goals for the class: really understand those works with a different perspective
Goals for 2010: be fearless!
One surprising thing about me: I stayed up for sixty hours and I am still alive
Name:Sara Hornbuckle
ReplyDeleteHometown:Laguna Beach CA
Major:Creative Writing, Minor: Art & Design
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Analyzing literature
Least looking forward to:Research Paper
Goals for the class:Idk....Enjoy it!
Goals for 2010:Live it to the fullest
One surprising thing about me:Biggest clutz ever!
I can answer ALMOST any Harry Potter trivia question correctly.
Name:Michelle Eagan
ReplyDeleteHometown:West Lafayette
Major:Hospitality Tourism Management
Aspect of class I'm most looking forward to: Analyzing the novels we read
Least looking forward to:Group Presentations
Goals for the class: to enjoy it
Goals for 2010: Straight A's
One surprising thing about me:I play water polo at Purdue.