Sophomore Year.
Honors 100
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Honors 211B: Indian literature and popular film
I took this class because I thought it would be easy to watch movies all week and write papers. I was wrong. This course changed the way I watch movies and has made me a more critical audience member. Instead of passively watching films, I've learned to think about historical context, genre, intended audience, the use of color, and foil characters. Learning how to process information with such a lens had not only made me better at watching movies, but it has also helped me in writing papers, reading books, and in studying hermeneutics.
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QMETH 201
This class was my worst nightmare. QMETH 201 is a statistic course that is necessary to get into the business school, but I could not wrap my brain around the material. Prior to this class- I never pulled an all-nighter for anything school related, and I haven't since. The TA's got sick of me in office hours, my room mate learned how to fall asleep with the lights on, and I was miserable all quarter. I would get sick before tests and really discouraged when I did not receive the grades I had hoped my effort would have earned. After the midterm I called my mom with tears streaming down my cheeks, and told her this class was going to kill me. After hearing this my mother said: "IT IS NOT. Briauna Kristine Azer, your father and I are not paying for you to go to college so you can just cry your eyes out. It's okay to take a class not get a great grade. You will be fine. Just keep your chin up, study hard, and finish well. That's all we ask of you."
After she said that, it was like a weight lifted from my shoulders. So what if my brain couldn't figure out these stupid statistical problems? There are other people who are great at this, and I can be great at other stuff. So I kept up all my hard work, took the final...and got the lowest grade I have ever received. But I was thankful for it- this experience taught me that you can't always work way to success, some things just do not complement you and the way your brain works. Somehow though, you have to get through it and keep your chin up. If you don't find a way to do this, you'll become frustrated and waste a lot of tears.
After she said that, it was like a weight lifted from my shoulders. So what if my brain couldn't figure out these stupid statistical problems? There are other people who are great at this, and I can be great at other stuff. So I kept up all my hard work, took the final...and got the lowest grade I have ever received. But I was thankful for it- this experience taught me that you can't always work way to success, some things just do not complement you and the way your brain works. Somehow though, you have to get through it and keep your chin up. If you don't find a way to do this, you'll become frustrated and waste a lot of tears.