Week 1 ALTERNATIVE Discussion // World Civ I
Test topic: A new year, a new college experience, and a new course, among others. In this case, World Civ! What will be your single, greatest challenge as you begin the course?
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My greatest challenge in beginning World Civilization I will be as it was in World Civilization II will be opening my mind to study new and different cultures to which I do not easily relate. I can, with relative ease, find common ground with Texas Pioneers. The same applies to the settlers of the thirteen individual colonies and planters or poor farmers in the Old South. An ancient Monarch and his subjects aroused little sympathy and few feelings of kinship in men. Since for me the study of history is very personal, this presents somewhat of a difficulty. Though I don’t expect my preferred time periods to change, I do anticipate that through the help of my instructor and fellow classmates, my horizons will be expanded.
Comment by Jake Keeling — August 28, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
I believe my greatest challenge in this history class will be reading all the information in our text book, The Heritage of World Civilizations: Volume I, and being able to absorb it and remember it for our tests and quizzes.
Comment by Elizabeth Hoyer — August 28, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
I think that making the time to read all the materials for this course, including the supplemental texts, will be the greatest challenge for me. I’ve always loved learning about new and different cultures, so it isn’t the subject itself that poses the challenge, but my lack of organizational and time management skills.
Comment by Courtney Dorsey — August 28, 2008 @ 11:11 pm