I have  decided to use this blog not only to post applicable assignments for class, but also for personal reflection on the Interdisciplinary…Research course that I am taking: partly out of obligatory admonition and then partly for my own personal edification.  So I thought it rather relevant that my first personal post provide a critique of the class thus far.

…Though at times the class is somewhat frustrating due to it being seemingly unorganized or perhaps just because of its multiplicitous nature, I am enjoying it so far.  I appreciate the flexibility of the course’s instructors and facilitators, and I understand that since this is a pilot class there is no Rosetta Stone to use as a reference for success.  We as students are sort of in the position of guinea pigs in this experiment called “interdisciplinary approaches to research”, therefore as tests are conducted on us (i.e. assignments via the internet, total independent study and research, etc.) we must compliantly respond as much as possible, consequently to the betterment of our academic experience, the furtherance of research conducted on the catastrophe that was Hurricane Katrina, and to harness our research skills altogether.  Therefore, despite the scatterbrained moments in class and on Blackboard, the seemingly four weeks of meetings determining, introducing, refining, and reintroducing our research topics, along with any other complaints that anyone might have about the class, the upside of it all is that in the end we shall be better student [and researchers], and hopefully Howard University will have gained a course that will enable future students to learn the interworkings of the disciplines at Howard through topic oriented research affected by each department.  And if you still view the glass as half empty, it’ll all be over in about three months.

cognizant.