Reflection Paper On Podcasts

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When I enrolled in this class, I thought it would be the easiest class I would ever take; I thought wrong. In my head, I imagined OBU Connections would take place outside and we would have picnics, talk about ourselves, and even go to the teacher’s house for dinner occasionally. However, we sat in a regular classroom, read a book, and listened to podcasts. Fortunately, I still learned a lot during the two hours I spent per week in the class. I learned to expect the unexpected, to become more open minded about every situation, and to be better prepared for everything. Another thing I thought would be different in this class was that the podcasts we would listen to would be like podcasts from The Moth, which just tells different stories from different people, some funny and some serious. When we listened to our first podcast on our own, instantaneously boredom consumed me. Listening to information about the stratosphere basically put me to sleep. All of the other podcasts I had listened to were interesting stories. Most of the topics in the podcasts we listened to were boring for me. However, these boring podcasts allowed me to become more liberally educated just like the hosts of the different shows. These boring topics did teach me more about things I never would have bothered to …show more content…

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