Review of this Class

I didn't mind this class actually. It's strange that I've been so nervous to take a speech class in college because I did speech team for 3 years in high school and I was actually really good at it. But all of a sudden I stutter and freeze up when I have to talk. I couldn't tell you why that is. But this class was ok. I think not having to talk in front of a whole bunch of strange people really helped. I enjoyed the persuasive speeches the most because I got to explore some topics that I hadn't really given a lot of thought to before. I like doing papers about my own believes and convictions because it forces me to research it more thoroughly and then I get to know even more about it. I'm really glad I did the paper on same-sex marriage. Pretty much everyone I know is against it but after doing the research, I was able to get through to them at least on some level although I know I didn't change their minds completely. What I enjoyed least about this class was just doing it long distance. For the most part, I like to be in an actual classroom and get to know my professor and classmates. But I guess my shyness is the reason why I wanted to take it long distance in the first place, so it works out. Overall I enjoyed the challenges presented by this class and I feel that I learned a lot on an academic as well as on a personal level.