Grade I desrve in this class

Looking back over this class, all the work I've put into learning how to write editorials and the subjects and information we've covered, in my opinion, obviously, I believe I deserve a "high B" for the final grade of this class.

First, the number of blogs was not staggering nor was it mediocre. I believe the amount of blogging was just right. Yet, to be my own devil's advocate, some of the topics were just not topics I held much yearning to explore [political parties, marijuana legalization and the Winter Olympics just to name a few]. I understand the reasoning behind the madness of pre-selected topics: it is meant for us, as students, to explore topics and venues we would not normally and to broaden our horizons - make us well rounded individuals.

But that's not to say that I didn't care what I was writing about - just because I wasn't all giddy about the topic didn't mean I wasn't going to put forth as much effort writing about it as I did writing about something I felt passionate about. And I think that's what I learned most from this class: to appreciate topics I don't necessarily care for or am involved in.

Moreover, I wrote a total of 45 blog entries - yes, I missed one. Not as many as some, but more than others - the "some" mainly included individuals using the blog as a posting ground for two different classes, so I think I did pretty decent for using the space for one class. And my writing was well constructed, coherent and informational. I employed links, pictures and video, after the first few weeks of learning the ropes, in informative and aesthetic ways, but, also, ways that made sense and allowed the reader to gain more knowledge about the subject on which I was writing.

My yolks, my broken toes that caused me to hobble, at times, through this course were the weekly presentations. For some strange and hidden reason, I have always been nervous about presenting before a group, a class or any body of individuals - it doesn't matter if I know them or not, am comfortable around them or have done it many, many times. But I think this biggest problem I faced during this class in regards to the presentations was that I never felt confident about the subject I was presenting on. With all my other classes [copy editing, media law, news/reporting, and film, plus all the two blog entries a week], I felt that I did not have enough time to seriously devote to becoming knowledgeable about any particular subject.

And I know that's not exactly the point of this class, but the perfectionist in me wanted to be prepared, informed and coherent about the different bodies of information.

So, in short, I probably didn't do so well on the presentation [ a rubric could have aided us in knowing what to improve on], but life goes on and a "high B" is nothing to cry about.

But as far as an "A" is concerned, I would love it. I would be overjoyed at the prospect a obtaining an "A" in a class needed for my minor. To do that, though, my presentation scores should've been higher - I should have approached the professor, taken initiative and asked what the criteria for a great presentation was. And because of my apprehension of presentations and my innate inability to confront them and tackle them with confidence, vigor and knowledge, I would give myself a "high B" in this class - great writing, thoughtful delivery of written information, diligence in completing assignments, mostly well-stated opinions, but weak presentation skills.

I shot for an "A," but if a "B" is my grade based on my body of work, then a "B" is what I'll get.