Assignment 26-- Daniel Mendoza Vasquez

The only substantive criticism I have of this class is that we were told at the beginning of the year that we would be given more freedom in our writing than we had ever had. As it turned out, though, the specific rubric and time limit that characterized nearly all of our writing assignments made me feel more limited than I ever had been before. I suppose that I could make intricate introductions or write with a theme, but I couldn’t focus on doing that well and also fulfilling the requirements of the rubric in the time given. I do, however, understand that that is more so an incidental consequence of this being an AP class that requires teaching to the test. Otherwise, this was a perfectly good class and I enjoyed the relative lenience with deadlines and grades as it prevented a great deal of stress. Most of our assignments were never really exciting, but I was never bored out of my mind or unable to focus. Visual Literacies were always interesting to make because it was a change of pace, and challenging because they were only briefly covered in class. In any case, I far prefer your more relaxed and conversational teaching style to most others.