47. American Literature Project

Well, so far I have mixed feelings on this American Literature Project. There are some aspects that I do like about it, and some aspects that I do not like very much. It may seem kind of confusing, but what I do like branches from what I do not like, so stay with me as best as you can. So I should probably start off with what I do not like to avoid unnecessary confusion. It is not the fact that we are working in groups that I do not like, I think it is just the fact that we do not have much guidence on the specifics. I mean, I know we have opportunities to ask Mr. Langely about anything we need help with, but I think that we kind of just got thrown into this project without much structure to it. It's pretty much willy nilly whatever we want to do with it. It could have also been helpful if we had had some kind of background on Emily Dickinson first. I just think maybe we could have learned about her (in generalities) beforehand so that the project made more sense. On the other hand, and it may sound contradictory, but that could just be because I am not sure how to completely express my feelings either way and they are kind of back and forth, but I do like that we get to pick our means of relaying the information. We get to choose the way we present the information, and I like that for the most part. I just wish that maybe there could have been a list of like 5 to 10 different predetermined ways to do it, instead of just letting us choose. So, I don't know if this makes any sense to you (whoever is reading this) but it makes sense to me. There are some parts I like, and some parts I don't, and they kind of go off of each other, but I guess I will have to wait until the project is completely over before I can say for sure what I did and didn't like.