For the Last Day of Class...

Hello all,

Today was our last official day of class, as I have had to cancel tomorrow due to a meeting. Today, I spent time with everyone reviewing your drafts and providing feedback and commentary on your work. For the most part, everyone is heading in the right direction. Excellent work.

As we conclude the course, I do wish to reflect on the amazing observations, salient viewpoints, and critical investigations that you all undertook in the class. I was and continue to be blown away by the power of your thoughts. I think that you all have contributed greatly to making the winter term experience truly enlightening for me and for yourselves. You have through your reflections, blog postings, and research really created a sense of understanding, and for that accomplishment, you should be proud. I am hoping that you keep in touch with me as you progress on your academic journeys as I know that you all bring refreshment and hope to the academic community. Who would have thought that a course on trauma actually would showcase the hope that we all have?

As we finish the course, here are the timelines:

I will be in my office tomorrow (Friday) from 10 am to 11:30 am and then from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. You can stop by to drop off your final version of your paper or to show another draft of your paper for more feedback. The drafts, in their final polished state, are due on Monday by 1 pm. I will be in my office on Monday from 10 am to 1:30, so that you may drop a hard copy with me. You can also submit additional drafts or final versions via email.

As for the last blog posting (To be emailed to me), which is due by Monday at 1:00 pm, I would like you to think back on the course readings, discussions, field trips, research, and writings. Reflect on what points stood out to you, what areas you wished we would have covered, and how you contributed to developing your scholarly knowledge. Also speak to me about the your performance in the course i.e. what grade do you expect for your contributions.

I will be reviewing the moodle work today, tomorrow, and over the weekend, so if you are augmenting any of those submissions, please let me know.

Overall, I appreciate the opportunity to share ideas and thoughts with you all. Remember, "one repays a teacher badly, if one remains nothing but a pupil," so go out and share your knowledge.

Take care, keep in touch, and good luck,

Kat