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 When I first came into the class the structure of the class was... new to say the least.  I was much more familiar with being in a class that was either going to be a lecture based or smaller discussion seminars.  I wasn't so sure how I would feel about taking a class where the two methods would be employed.  Fortunately enough I grew to really like how the class is set up.  The larger, lecture-styled discussions on Tuesdays served as a refresher on the reading that I completed on the weekend, thus allowing me to really focus on parts of the reading that I find either most interesting/intriguing/confusing during the more intimate seminars.  Currently I really enjoy the set up of the course and find it helpful to me in trying to understand the material beyond simply reading it.

The idea of writing on the internet was definitely new to me.  I wasn't so much afraid of the possibility that anyone with access to the internet could read my work but was a bit overwhelmed at how much potential was offered by writing online.  I was no longer bounded by the academic norms in terms of formal papers.  Videos, programs, games (possibly), photos/diagrams and any other resource on the internet is now at my disposable and I am definitely looking forward to utilizing what I have in front of me.

I hope to explore deeper into world of bioethics with this class.  All of these scientific researches and discoveries for me do not really mean much if we do not apply it into our social world whether it be a better understanding of ourselves or otherwise.  However, it seems from the literary work we will be reading that my desires will be satiated, and so I am looking forward to the next half of the semester and what it entails.