Sunday, December 5, 2010

Reflective Post Week 15

alas, the time has finally come. as much as i enjoyed most of the semester, i’m kind of glad that it is coming to an end. why is that, you may ask? well for one thing, we get to enjoy a full month of winter break back home without having to wake up to go to class, or shower with sandals on, or listen to “baby-making” music while eating a meal. rather than staying up at night studying or writing papers, i can be running raids with friends in the new world of warcraft that is coming out in a few days. instead of waiting for the shuttle bus, i can drive my car and not have awkward stares at other people. lastly, i can relax. in addition, the other thing that i’m looking forward to is taking new classes next semester. for twelve plus years, i’ve been taking year long classes, and let me tell you, they are not fun. when you’re going to school and doing the same routine for five days a week for ten months, you tend to go crazy.

anyways, looking back at the semester, i have to say that i really enjoyed our discussions very much. as intimidating as it may be some times to speak up and say your opinion on something, it gets exciting whenever i had something i really wanted to say. one of the things that i liked about our class is that we learned how to apply international relations theories to real life (and sci-fi) examples. for example, in the risk game that we played in class helped us see a lot of the world politics concept that we learned about in situations that can happen in real life. as for the wednesday labs, i have to say that i enjoyed those very much. while it felt like a drag at times to wake up early to go visit a museum or a institution, in the end i’m glad i had the opportunity to visit places and speak with representatives that i wouldn’t be talking to if i weren’t in uc world politics.

and to that, i would like to close by wishing every a merry christmas and a happy new year. see you all in 2011!

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