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    I just wanted to say that I very much enjoyed our class this semester; I never would have otherwise thought about the deeper meaning of evolution (in the general sense) and its implications, so it was very to discuss it and consider it beyond the biological and cultural contexts. The choice of readings was very broad in scope, and I am grateful that we were able to choose any topic of interest for our webpapers or to lead some of our class discussions. Coming to class not knowing what might happen or what might be said or where we might go would be considered risky in many other contexts, but for this course I think it worked perfectly. Our discussions and webpapers derived from pure personal/class interests, and what is a better way to delve into something than to start with an interest, or at least to have such a broad set of thoughts to choose from or reflect on?

     Many of my reflections and thoughts are not really my own, I just put them together based on what others in the class had said or referred to. In this way, as I wrote and recounted my own stories on and about the various forms/implications of evolution, I knew that I couldn't have gotten there without evolving in thought myself. Thanks to all for a very rich and rare conversation; most people would not think about evolution in this way and may never do so, and that's not necessarily a problem, but it's another reason for us to recognize that no matter what each of us may have liked or disliked about this course, having the opportunity to take it has really been a privilege.