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Honestly, I didn't know what to expect for the first week of class for a science-english crosslisted course. I figured the course would center on different perspectives of evolution but I did not expect the philosophical edge. I've been thinking more about the value of the different stories and the course helped me realize that the goal of these stories is to guide us in forming our own story.

I enjoy the format of the class: a large lecture on Tuesday about students' reaction to the class and a small discussion on Thursday. It works out well because I feel more connected with the thoughts of my classmates and enjoy working through their puzzles/questions collectively. I enjoy choosing my own topic to write for the webpapers because then I can explore what I am truly interested in, rather than simply confining my opinions to a directed prompt. I admit that writing a webpaper for a general audience rather than my professor is a new to me but not much different. I just simply imagine that my writing is reaching across the world to those interested in my topic. 

As a biology major taking this course for english credit, I'm more excited in this second half of the course. I expect to learn more about the development/change of literature across time. Perhaps that philosophical edge will remain throughout the course?