Course Improvements/Suggestions

Overall, this year’s English class was the best out of all four years, in my opinion. I loved that it was sort of laid back and we weren’t on a specific schedule like the other years because we had no final exam to prepare for. The best part about it was that we could have little discussions here and there, which made it sometimes feel like a study hall – in a good way. On the other hand, I wish we’d read some more books instead of doing so many projects; Although, I don’t think I would’ve minded so much if they weren’t all video projects. Personally, I would maybe try some different formats in the future just to shake things up a little bit. My favorite things we did in class this year were reading The Great Gatsby and Tuesdays with Morrie. Those are easily two of my favorite books that I’ve ever read. I didn’t really care for the survival unit because I didn’t like The Old Man and the Sea or Into the Wild, and the essays we had to write for Survivorman felt like I was writing the same thing over and over again because he used basically the same skills in all of the episodes. I never had any problems with Mr. Currin, though. I loved his teaching style. He was active and cheerful, and he seemed to really care about what’s going on in his students’ lives. He cared about the content of the students’ work, but was always cracking jokes, too. It seemed to be a good balance between fun and productive. I wouldn’t have chosen any other teacher for English 12.

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