Favorite and Non Favorite thing about the class….

My favorite thing about the class is that it is an online class, and it is a good pace type of class for the summer. You are not overloaded with too many things to do, unlike my Geology 105 online class where they overwhelm you with work and assignments. The professor is great, and very understanding. Coursework applies to what we have to do within our regular lives, so it makes it more useful. We learn how to use it and relate in real life situations. Although, one of my not so favorite thing about the class is the group work; it is not saying that I detest it, but it was a bit of a hassle trying to meet up with group members and get things done. Otherwise, the class over all was great, but maybe next time it would be better if there were more explanation lecture for each chapter from the professor to better explain it, sometimes certain chapters are pretty confusing from the book; and I think many students get boggled by it.

Concepts that might need further discussions….

I think that one concept that needs further discussion is the Aristotelian logic. The concept is quite confusing to me. In fact, I believe that earlier on, there was another concept that uses the whole if S then P theory that confuses me. I really hate these forms of explanations; it just seems to confuse me more than anything. The whole concept is so confusing. If all S are P then No S is are P or some S is or are P, and some S is or are not P. Then there is the some is P and some is S thing. If there was a way to put that in plain simple English instead of a theory form so that it is easier to understand it might help. Or, it might help to have more examples of it. Because reading, it without any further discussion, help, or examples regarding it makes it hard to understand. I have read it at least twice already, and it is still not clear to me.

What I learned…..

Through out this summer, this class has been overall, very interesting. It has made me observe and look at things around me a bit differently. I no longer take things at face value. When I am looking at an advertisement, commercial, debate, argument, or just a regular conversation I now try to decipher and analyze it with all the techniques taught to me within this summer course. How to depict a fallacy or a misleading with numbers and graphs are a few examples of what I have learned through this class. Another thing that this class made me realized is the importance of communication and cooperation within a team; whether in person or virtually, a cohesive team, makes it much easier to get things done. There many challenges that I did not realize that go with working with a team within a virtual sense, and how easy it is. We ran into difficulties with scheduling a free time for our teams to meet, but once we got over that hump, knowing that we can meet with each other online, makes it a bit easier for us to meet online and talking about our projects. This was a bit easier than trying to get everyone to meet in person.