High and Lows of Colloquium

So Colloquium was sort of a roller coaster; there were some classes and assignments that were so enjoyable and others that were miserably boring.  The first handful of classes were all field trips so I had little in the way of negative feedback about those; I honestly had dreaded the idea of field trips but they turned out to be educational and fun, and I was able to experience many things that I would not have if I had not had this Colloquium class.  The last half of the semester was a little less fun; there were days when a really good and interesting documentary was being shown, and others when the movie was actually pretty boring; most of the time, I'd have to say that because of the content, the classes were pretty enjoyable.  

The papers are something that I have heard many classmates complain about; I however enjoyed them more than most, and this is evident with the good grades I received on them (all 100's).  They allowed me to delve deeper into the content and put my critical thinking skills into action; writing papers have become second nature to me since I have been in college for 4.5 years now. :)  These papers all had interesting topics and very attainable word lengths, definitely within college level standards, so I saw little to complain about there. 

I feel as though Prof. Muldoon should have lectured just a little bit more; I'm not sure if he realizes this, but he is actually quite the engaging public speaker, and it is evident that he knowledgeable about most of the topics that are covered in the many documentaries he made us watch; I think this would have brought a little bit more dynamic to the class, and would have kept us on our toes a bit more. :)  We all know his wife just had a baby, so this could be the reason for more movies and less lecturing, since we all knew that class time was his "get-away" time. Haha! 

Nonetheless, this class has definitely had the most impact on me during my college career, and has left an impression on me that I don't think will go away anytime soon.  In a way I am glad that I waited to take this course in my last semester of college, because I don't think I would have appreciated it the same during my sophomore or junior year; this course was a great way to end my undergraduate career and put some very serious topics on my mind as I enter a new phase of my life.