Course Reflection

Overall, I find this course to be rather challenging.  While the readings are effective and help shape my own thoughts about feminism, I find them sometimes to be too difficult for me to comprehend.  I believe this to be due to the lengthiness of the readings.  When I feel as though I have a good grasp on the reading, the author continues to throw in more thoughts, and that's when I get lost.  The tendency for me to get confused by the reading prevents me from contributing to the discussion and offering profound criticisms to my assigned partner.  I enjoy the readings for the most part, but perhaps they could be reduced for each week.  I think this would create a better, more focused learning environment because there are many times when one or two out of the three readings will go unmentioned.  If we focused on fewer readings, the discussion would be more lively, and we could better articulate our thoughts.  Other than the volume of the readings, I really enjoy and get a lot out of this course.  I like the discussion format, especially now that the discussions are now facilitated by the students.