EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

MrsCavalluzzi · Guru

Final Feeback?

Captain John Manassero · Senior Member

this class was super fun. the laid back atmosphere and straight- forward work load made it an enjoyable class. maybe mrs cav should wire money into our bank accounts if we choose to keep using the discussion boards over the summer. oh yeah maybe a field trip for the next years students. and we never had the bake off we talked about. bummer, but o well.

geriatric1991 · Senior Member

yes, i have somethings to say... peace, love, freedom, happiness, mindfullness, unity, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, and of course dont forget to recycle!
- Jaymie

-- Edited by geriatric1991 on Friday 29th of May 2009 06:00:59 PM

DaisyVo1212 · Senior Member

Cav i loveee the online discussion boards! I've learned so much about the world's issues from doing them.

Bonemail-(Christophe K) · Senior Member

I love the course. It should be manditory but people should speak up more often.

-- Edited by Bonemail-(Christophe K) on Friday 29th of May 2009 06:02:26 PM

B_Marshburn · Senior Member

I am going to miss the discussion boards and all of the drama (debate) that happened on them!! I also liked all of the random stories that people would ost like the Darwin awards! haha. I liked this classs because it kept people in touch with what was happening around the world instead of just knowing what is going on in our little bubbles. I think I learned a lot from this class about the world and will miss it.

moniCA92870 · Senior Member

I loved the discussion boards!! It was so fun getting out my opinions this way. I feel that by doing this, i can express what I think a lot better. THe only thing that I didn't like about this class was finding articles. Maybe cut down to 6 from your part of the world and 2 from another part. But overall, i enjoyed listening to the debates and participating in them and finding out about really weird things people do. web- high- five you guys! (another way i express my excitement)

ghan28 · Veteran Member

It was cool that our discussions weren't very limited and that we were able to openly discuss all sorts of topics. Even though some discussions got a little heated, everybody was generally respectful towards each other so that was nice also. I would definitely recommend this class to any upcoming senior, just because the maturity level would have to be there..especially with some of the issues that we discussed this year. ha

BrianaV · Veteran Member

This class was pretty laid back and i enjoyed it. This class gave us an oppertunity to voice our opinions and thoughts on certain subjects. Even though many of our opinions sometimes clashed with one another that is the point i think, to see how others viewpointsd differ from others.

ALWAYS KEEP AN OPEN MIND :]

Vanessabug · Senior Member

This online discussion board is so fantastic! Not gonna lie.... I went on it at home sometimes :) I really enjoyed the presentations about health care, human traffiking etc.
but none of the things we did in class would have been effective if the students were so active. so THANKS TO YOU KIDS for such a great experience in this class :) and thank you Cav for creating a fun and exciting environment in which we felt comfortable to express our opinions

ericaedgley · Senior Member

I second what Jaymie said. I really enjoyed this class. I love how people arent afraid to speak their minds. i do think next years class should go on a field trip or something.. the discussion board is really nice. They should keep this thing forever!

erica :)

lookitspeter · Senior Member

I suggest having a variety of assignments that allows the students to be active. I understand that doing current events are one of the best way to understand our world or a specific continent but if there were more activities (such as the presentations, except more fun?) it would prevent each week from becoming routine and the current events becoming tedious. And maybe even field trips?

One thing that I liked was the change of scenery: from the classroom, to the library, to the computer lab.

Another suggestion involves the seating arrangements.
I think if we moved all the seats to arrange a class circle it would make it easier for the speaker to address everyone and encourage more people to speak up, because it seems often times a discussion forms between a couple people which is good, but that allows others (especially those distanced away in the corners) to sort of distance themselves from the discussion and also makes them feel really part of the discussion. Of course, one problem with moving seats would be the time it would take to move the seats and then put them back but since we usually start class late and end early I dont think time would be too much of a problem. And another problem would be the tremendous labor involved with moving the seats but Im sure that wont be too much of an issue.

jacobcorbin · Senior Member

I really enjoyed the time in this class. The debates actually made me think about whats really realistic. But i agree with john about the laid back atmosphere. It made me look forward to my thrid period.

Sandy · Senior Member

I really enjoyed this class and i hope that students will enroll in this class next year. The message boards are great ways to voice your opinions. Evem though there were some clashing of opinions, it shows that not everyone can agree and that is why there is so much debate in the world. I liked the articles because you have the chance to look at difrrent regions of the world and i think that if more people are aware of news, there will be more solutions.

Luis777 · Senior Member

i liked all the discussions we had because it informed me alot more about whats going on around our world =]

EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

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