Semester Wrap Up

Yesterday was my last day of teaching for the semester and I was a little sadder than usual. I've always found something positive in each of the classes I've taught, even if I had to stretch the definition of positive a little, but this class was a lot of fun to work with. They were my first honors class and the enthusiasm they had for discussing rhetoric, ideas, concepts, etc was pretty infectious. I'd gotten used to my freshman comp classes hating doing rhetorical analysis but the day this group turned theirs in at least half of them asked if they got to do more. They were actually sad when I said we wouldn't have any more time. It sounds like at least a few of them plan on taking my graphic novels class next semester which will be good. Having them in there should help me hold the class to a higher standard.