User:Aaronmorris

bio

 * Aaron Morris is a student who currently attends the Art Institute of Seattle. He will graduate in Spring of 2009, making him a 6th quarter student. He is enrolled as an Audio Engineering student, and works diligently to finish his degree. On the weekends he sings and plays guitar and/or bass for a band called Our Favorite Year. He works as an employee at Apple, and enjoys every minute of it. Soon he hopes to branch out his career into bigger and better things. Someday he hopes to get his foot in the door with home-theater installation, and hi-fi audio.

He is in group 3

reflective assessment
I'll be honest, I didn't know what to expect coming into an analytical writing class in an "art school". I know it sounds cliche to say the least, but I didn't expect to learn a whole lot from this class. My experiences with GE classes at the Art Institute have been interesting, and mostly disappointing. I find myself entering a classroom, and knowing the material before we sit down. This class was a different experience. I had never had Steve before this class, but I wish I had. This class really opened my mind to writing. Just as Steve explained in class so well, we have been brought up through school learning conventions, and have skimmed over the most important part of writing; thinking and editing. We didn't do TONS of actual writing within the confines of this class, but I think that it forced me to think through my writing a bit more, knowing that the end product would be worth more than a paper churned out in sight of a deadline. I learned not only about how writing can be structured, but how to edit and rewrite a paper. Ever since gradeschool we have been expected to put out A+ papers within a certain amount of time. This leaves no room for a proper editing and rewriting technique.

I also learned quite a bit about the WIKI formatting. I am pretty well versed in web site and HTML editing, and learning the WIKI format was not a far stretch. I'm glad the class was partly online, it really opened doorways to new kinds of classroom work and group projects.

All in all I think that the class was well worth the money we pay, (which I cannot say for all of my classes). Steve is a really cool guy, and I enjoy his teaching. I hope I can have more teachers in the future that teach with an open mind like this, I'm tired of snoring my way through classes.

Aaronmorris 01:09, 15 January 2009 (UTC)