Throughout the course of the semester we discussed many things that questioned many themes that seemed to have been established.  What is foundational and what isn’t foundational?  This was a big picture issue that we dealt with throughout the semester.  The development of stories and how they keep on changing. 

It all seemed so much that we did not know where to begin with this project.  Therefore, we decided to look at everything we had touched upon and use the tools we had gathered from it to create our own story.  We did a personal exploration as to what we had learned and obtained from this course.  I, personally, obtained fresh eyes.  Now I try to look at everything from every possible angle in order to understand it. 

This is why we decided to create our own Story of Evolution.  We began with the primary organisms that are now extinct and sort of spread out from there.  Throughout the course of the evolutionary story there are parallels.  There are two sides of the story: what actually happened and an alternative story.

Instruction of the game

Our group is planning to split the class into two groups and play a few rounds of a game called Mafia as part of our presentation tomorrow. In case you have never played or need a refresher, it'd be great if you read the rules so we don't have to take time explaining it tomorrow:

Basically, there are three roles you may take on: Townsperson, Mafia, or Inspector

Before we begin the game, we will pass out cards: whoever gets a King will be a member of the Mafia, whoever gets a Joker will be an Inspector, and the rest will be townspeople.

In our game, we will have 3 mafia and 1 inspector.

Final self-evaluation

            When I found about the course, I was really interested in taking it because I have never taken a class dealt with gender issues. I figured the class would be even better because it also incorporated science and technology that I really enjoy studying. I was very curious how those subjects will be coordinated together as well.

For the first part of the class, gender, I was fascinated by all the new materials I was learning. I grew up in a homophobic society where gender diversity was not acknowledged, so I felt that I understood where gender diversity comes from and why it is important to acknowledge it for the first time of my life.