At each lesson I am asked the usual pre- and post-course questions. I often just think these questions are annoying. I usually give a very simple answer and never think too deeply about what I could have actually learned. At the end of the course and in this situation now, summer is near and the only thing that worries me is going out and having fun. I'm actually happy for once to have done it and to be able to say that I thought about what I learned in this course. It not only made me realize what I learned because I thought about it. It implanted and cemented in my mind what I thought was important about this course. I'm not entirely sure it was necessarily the course that did it. I think it had to do with the environment I was in because in a different classroom I don't think I would have gained the same amount of knowledge. The sense of community in the room was wonderful. I really enjoyed discussing the different stories every day in class. The community in which the lesson takes place is strongly influenced by the instructor and his mood. I can tell that your students from previous classes respect you a lot and I can understand why. Your knowledge and insight into your favorite topic to teach is magnificent. After each lesson I am amazed at how much you and the class have shed light on the stories, novels, or poems we have read. Most of the time I read the story and never see the symbolism and different themes, but from this course my eyes have truly been opened. Allow students to teach themselves while you guide them so they don't get off topic. Even when we go off topic, you engage in the conversation but know when to connect it to our story or bring it back up…middle of the paper…and analyzing their relationship I saw That. I completely changed my perspective on what Dexter Green's intentions were and whether I agreed with his actions. I also learned to appreciate poems. Too often I read poems and skimmed through them without ever taking a minute to try to understand them. I would look for a simple story within the poem and never take the time needed for the poem to fully understand it. I feel like this changed a lot during the end of the semester because we started performing poems like “Directive” and I had absolutely no idea what it meant. Then towards the end of the semester I could witness my improvement when I read the “Black Serpent” and gradually found meaning in it. I really enjoyed this course because it taught me how to interpret and analyze literature better. It also helped me show my improvement.