Self-reflection

This class has been a very enjoyable experience for me. I feel like I performed rather well, and that took a lot of time. I remember the beginning of the year when I would stay up really late doing homework and projects while juggling a night class at Lycoming College. These are now some of my fondest memories of this school year, even though I was a stressed out wreck at the time. I feel like these sort of nights were some of my best lessons because I am sure that I will have plenty more nights just like those when I go off to college. Thanks to this class, I feel prepared for the workload.

One of the things I did well in this class was memorization of the material. When a history class is taught well, I have no problem learning the facts presented. I definitely had a fantastic teacher this year. A lot of the material covered in class is now a part of my base knowledge of the history of the world. I especially enjoy being able to watch Jeopardy and answer many of the history questions. I always think to myself, "I learned that in Maz's class."

This class has expanded my knowledge so much because it covered topics that none of my other history classes had covered. When thinking about this class I compare it specifically to a world history class I took in seventh grade. That class covered many ancient civilizations of the world. I remember enjoying that class as well. One thing that we learned in APEH that I have never really been exposed to before was how different countries affected each other throughout time. They interacted in more ways than just war, and this class showed me how European countries developed together over the last thousand years.

My one regret is that recently, I have let slight senior-itis set in. I know many of my peers would give me a funny look and tell me that I am still working rather hard, but approach of the end of the year makes it hard to focus. One problem I have is that I have so many extracurricular activities. However, from this I can gain the lesson of being more careful with my time and not committing to too many things in college. Don't worry though, I am really excited to be Albert Einstein for Meeting of the Minds, and I will try to blow you away. That probably won't really happen, but I will definitely have a lot of fun with it.