Writing 150 Overview

This was an enjoyable class for me because of the environment that I was in. All of my classes this semester have more than 70 people in them and this was the only one that only had about 20 or so. It felt good because I did not feel like an idiot when I would talk (which usually happens in my other classes) and the people were more familiar with eachother. Sister Elliott did an excellent job at keeping the class entertained and was always excited for a new subject that came along which made it a whole lot easier to focus and stay involved. The papers were a little difficult for me because I would usually get bored by the second page and not want to do it anymore. But by the way that Sister Elliott had us peer review and send us to the writing center really saved my butt when it came to the final paper. I learned a lot about peer editing and self-editing in this class because of the involvement. This course is structured well and I don’t think it was that overwhelming other than the online assignments. These really ticked me off because when I was about to finish my computer would flip out on me and I would have to do it all over again. This was really the only frustration that I really had in this class because of the technical problems. Other than that I think that it is a solid course and that Sister Elliott is an awesome teacher. 

Diane Rehm Podcast

The interview that listened to was the interview with John Hurt, an actor who is known for his deep voice and facial structure. He has acted in 100 movies in the last 5 decades and is a very interesting actor. In the show there are cuts of movies that he has performed in that show his talent in acting and shows why his voice is so legendary. The movie that he is most well-known for is in Harry Potter. He is the man who gives Harry his wand and gives Harry advice on how to use it. This shows that John plays fatherly roles in a lot of his movies because his voice is so comforting. The questions that Diane Rehm asks are ones that are very intriguing and helps the audience connect with the person who Is being interviewed. There are pictures on her website that show her and you would never think that she would look like that by the way that she sounds. I would probably make the interview a little shorter because I kept zoning out and then I would have no idea what they were talking about. When I clicked on the interview I had not heard of John Hurt at all before but then I realized he was in a lot of big movies such as Harry Potter. Another big movie that he appeared in was the movie about the Elephant Man which was a very interesting movie and has John’s legendary voice in it.