Going Into The Humanities Class

Going into this Humanities class, I had no idea what I was getting into. I didn’t know what the Humanities were and how it would impact my education at all. I had taken a number of history classes in high school and in college before and expected the Humanities to flow with my history classes in a sense. In my previous history class’s topics such as wars, The Great Depression, assassinations, the settling of different parts of the world, slavery, witch-hunts, and the use of animals were discussed. I thought that the Humanities would fall somewhere on the line with history. I wasn’t wrong with this assumption, but I wasn’t right either. The Humanities, I have learned, is so much more than the history that surrounds what people did, acted like,

The Humanities made all the different interactions between people clear. People to people, people to land, people to art, people to animals, and many other interactions that people come across. This class opened my mind to everything that art is and can be and to how important is it to learn from the past, grow for the future, and influence what we see fit. All the assignments impacted me in some way or another. The hardest one to complete just from a completion standpoint was the group project. It was difficult to get the group to agree and even harder to complete tasks though a strictly online format. The one assignment that really racked my brain was the Much Ado About Portraits assignment. It was really challenging to come up with a poem once I had picked a piece I wanted to do. The piece itself stood out to me, that decision was easy. But when it came to writing the poem, I was a little embarrassed to share with the rest of the class. I am not artistic but sharing

This class gave me the ability to ask more questions about things and really see a bigger picture. It opened my eyes to a lot of aspects of everyday life that I just pass by. I can break down pieces of art and see things that the artist is trying to express that I may have missed before. I can break down films and shows and, in detail, explain what is going on with the drama, characters, and setting, and how all of that is influencing something else. Aside from this, I have also become a better writer and better able to give other constructive feedback. I also have been able to grow in a sense of being more comfortable with the work I am creating and sharing that with others. That is a big part of the Humanities, sharing creations with others. Because I can see details now that I missed before, this will make me a more attentive student and I can carry this knowledge into my own classroom one day and show others how important it is to understand where we come from, what we are doing, and who will come after