As I reflect back on my English 111 class with Professor Paul Gasparo, I'm just glad that it is over and done with. Not that Paul Gasparo was a bad teacher or anything, it's just that I am ready for summer and this is my last assignment for this class.
I don't really know how to describe my days in English 111 during the 8 week session. It was not a bad class but for me I always felt a little intimidated because the teacher constantly mentioned that there was going to be a lot of work for the class and sometimes it made me feel a little discouraged and wonder if maybe I should drop the class, but that was just me feeling intimidated. Because I stayed and later on after we did the first writing assignment, I realized that it was not difficult at all. So I felt that intimidating the students with all the upcoming writing assignments was just unnecessary from the teacher. So, for future students I would recommend NOT TO FEEL INTIMIDATED BY PAUL GASPARO during your first weeks of English 111 because you will do fine!
For this class, you will need to have good self discipline and time prioritizing habits aka DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. That's pretty much all you have to do. Turn the work in on time like the papers that he will be assigning you, always stay updated with your student e-mail, Blackboard, and your class calendar. It's all really easy as long as you follow every direction and get everything done on time, without putting anything off. Paul Gasparo also gives extra credit assignments so if you feel you did bad on a certain thing in his class, just keep up with all the extra credits he gives out to the class and that should raise your grade by a letter grade because most of his extra credits are 10pts each. And the best thing about this class is that the teacher actually responds to your e-mails if you have any questions about his assignments and he actually uses Blackboard, unlike some teachers which was a big pet peeve of mine. Besides the fact that this class was 3 hours long if you chose to do the dynamic session, this class is not bad at all. As long as you do not procrastinate, ask questions, keep up with the calendar, your student e-mail, and if you prioritize your time wisely I think anyone will do fine taking this class with Paul Gasparo.
Also, looking back on this class, the teacher used some helpful class time for his students and their papers like doing "peer reviews" and one "one and on teacher review" . I did not use the peer review days to my advantage but what I thought was real helpful would be the one on one teacher review. That was when the teacher gave each student a time to come in and ask him any questions they had about anything in the class for 15 minutes. I ended up bringing in my argument paper to see what the teacher thought it still needed, and he helped me out pretty well. So, I recommend this class to anyone who wants to take English 111. The teacher can be very helpful and there's some time consuming papers assigned but they are really not hard at all as long as you follow every direction, and another helpful suggestion would be to take advantage of your student e-mail and printing privileges at the library because if you take this class you will have to seriously print something out everyday and bring it in to class that very day.
"So, for future students I would recommend NOT TO FEEL INTIMIDATED BY PAUL GASPARO during your first weeks of English 111 because you will do fine!
ReplyDeleteFor this class, you will need to have good self discipline and time prioritizing habits aka DO NOT PROCRASTINATE."
But there is the problem for many students, as their complaints during the 8-week courses usually relate to time, hence my warning, not intimidation.