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I think I've learned more by reading the Wall Street Journal instead of a traditional textbook. I also think I was able to learn more about Mass Comm by reading articles that are up to date and discussing topics in areas that are more valuable to me. I'd rather read articles in the paper than a textbook. It made me reevaluate what I actually want to do with my education and career goals. I do think I learned more by reading the paper than using a regular textbook. As for it affecting my schedule, it was that big of a deal. I would take the paper to work and read articles before my shift started or read a few on my breaks so in that sense it was a lot easier. The only downfall was that when I had the time to read I sometimes forgot the major information before the quizzes. It did though help me a lot in my speech honors class which I have prior to Mass Comm. While I was visiting my sister in north Florida- out in the country with NO PHONE SERVICE nor internet.... I took my WSJ's and read stories that I assumed would be sent to us on Sunday night, I came across and article on Tobacco Taxes and decided I would use that for my final speech in my speech class, Which was today && I got an A on it. Anyways, I also used another article i read a few months ago to do another informative speech on google latitudes. So it actually ended up helping me a lot in other classes.

At first I didn't think I would renew my subscription but after a little thought I am going to. I did enjoy reading it and I did end up reading a lot of articles that we didn't have to but I read them b/c I wanted to. I'll have more free time after this semester ends to actually read for the enjoyment not because it's assigned. I also caught myself a lot of times saying things like "Yesterday I read in the WSJ..." =) Like the stat that 78% of alcohol that is bought in Ireland is consumed within 3 hours, I'll never forget that!!

I don't have any suggestions right now for the class at all. I enjoyed everything from WSJ quizzes, TEWWG, almost everyone's presentations, and of course the overwhelming amount of extra credit offered. I learned a lot from this class and loved how it is set up!

Pursuing a career in Mass Comm... hmmm... I am not sure. I love to write and read. Writing is def. a passion of mine, but I didn't want to necessarily be into "journalism" I didn't want to write for a paper, or anything to do with news. I'm glad I took this class cause Ken explained how your talent doesn't equal a degree and vice versa. After coming to help clean out the old journalism space and talking to Ken I've decided to just to General Studies at VCC and then figure out what exactly I want to do later. I'm not going to major in journalism but I do want to do something within the communications industry... I just don't know what yet =)