Last Blog Post

Looking back on this semester, I feel confident saying that this class has been the most influential and impacting part of my past three months. I have seen Searching for Bobby Fischer before, however this time, the meaning was so much more critical and applicable to life. All of the readings we have done, and all of the discussions we have had have been very effective and meeaningful. At the beginning of the semester Professor Newman said, among many of the other intended reasons for the course, that she essentially wanted to raise our awareness of the roller coaster ride of relationships and parenting, “before it is too late.” I think that over the course of the semester, especially with my recent creating of my parenting utopia, that the class did exactly that. You might assign a negative connotation to “before it’s too late,” but that is not the case this time, at all. I was very ignorant to the society in which I had been a resident all my life. I have a greater understanding of what my parents have gone through, with respect to marriage and raising me. I can reflect on and think about what other people’s parents have gone through, and what I want and do not want to go through. I feel like I have now established enough of a pool of knowledge to avoid these pitfalls and heartbreaks, and to know that sometimes things are unavoidable, but can always be looked at as something to enhance life, rather than destroy it. I also am relieved to know that there is always a way to vent about these ensuing problems, via creative writing and blogging. I look forward to watching the rest of the movie tomorrow and continuing my interpretation and view of it with the important scope and mindset that I have gathered this semester throughout this course. I also want to let everyone know that I appreciate and have benefited from their honesty and I thank you for letting me be so honest throughout the semester. CMU needs more classes like this one!