What I found most useful about this course was that it forced me to read the newspaper and to stay current with the news, a habit that I will likely continue after this course. We talked about the news, debated about the news, wrote about it, and also compared different news sources. I now regularly check the Huffington Post and the New York times online as opposed to just getting my news from Yahoo. I feel that I am a more informed citizen and that I will definitely be ready to cast my vote for the next presidential election. I also think my knowledge and desire to be informed of current events will definitely help in my future, especially in interviews. Also, the amount of writing we completed in this course has improved my writing process tremendously. I no longer fear writing six page papers because this course has almost made writing fun, key word being almost. I liked how for the most part we were able to choose our topics to write about, especially for the longer essays. I find it incredibly difficult to write six pages about a topic that has no interest or connection to my own life.
I was hoping to get you all in the habit of following the news, so I'm glad that you plan to keep it up. It's worth the bit of time.
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