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Thursday, March 5, 2009

3/5/09--Class so far

What do you like/dislike about this class so far? what is your favorite part? least favorite?

26 comments:

  1. So far i believe that the class is going great. I really enjoy basically every part of it and what we do in it. I like the fact that we can pick the type of music that we like and write about it. We get to look at some of are favorite songs and tell people what they mean. That is the best part to me. I honestly do not dislike anything about the class so. So i have no complaints at all. The only thing im a little iffy about is the blog itself. I personaly do not really care for them but its not a big thing that i hate. When i took visual imag. we had to do a binder and kinda like that better. Other than that love the class and i think we should keep doing what we've been doing.

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  2. I like that everything is online because I type everything anyway. I also like analyzing the lyrics to songs. Listening to music for an assignment is pretty much every high school kid's dream. I like to write, so this class is pretty enjoyable for me.

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  3. The thing that I like most about this class is that we are able to listen to the genres of music that we like and are not forced to listen to music we do not like. Also, there is a lot of freedom in this class as long as you do the assignments that are given. Instead of being stressed out about the class, it is a class that we are able to enjoy. My least favorite part about this class was when we had to do the simile and metaphor comparisons. It took a really long time to not only find a song that had these poetic devices, but also to find one that fit into our theme and genre. Overall, I am happy that I took this course.

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  4. I like this class so far. I love music so its fun to work with it in a class. The assignments are good overall. I like analysing songs for the most part. I like listening to the different types of music and see what the lyrics mean, it's interesting. I like coming to the computer lab where we basically do our own thing. I like how this class has been turning out.

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  5. Overall, i like this class. It's fun to learn and listen to many different kinds of music. It's fun that we get to the computer lab, and use our own blogs. The assignments are fun and for the most part easy. I really have no complaints about this class so far.

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  6. The thing I like most about Poetry of Song is that it works closely with music, which I am very interested in. The fact that we can be analyzing one song yet many people in the class may have different ideas about it is a very interesting thing and it allows people to learn things from one another. I also like the freedom to choose are our theme and genre selections because it gives us the opportunity to pick music that we enjoy and not only get to explore it, but also share it with others. I really enjoy the longer song analysis projects that we do, because it allows us to go more in depth about a song and analyze it for many different things. I liked finding lyrics with similes and metaphors and analyzing them to figure out what meaning they contribute to the song. Sometimes its hard to find certain kinds of songs that fit into my theme/genre because it can be really specific and I'm interested in so much music, but it also allows me to expand my music taste and find new songs and artists. Overall I really really like this class and I can't wait to see what else we'll be doing. :)

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  7. What I like about this class is that we get to mostly be free to do what we want as long as we are doing something related to our theme/genre for our blog. We get to work on our blog and there is enough time and sometimes more than enough time to get our work done that needs to be done. My favorite part is that this class is about music and I love music. In this class we get to learn about different types of music and I think that that is fun.

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  8. I am enjoying the class so far, I particularly like the freedom we are allowed in making our own playlist and choosing our topics. I think that good idea would be to choose a theme for the day and allow the class to come up with different songs that relate the theme and explain why and how.

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  9. This class is one of my favorite classes that I have taken so far in my high school history! There is really nothing not to like about it because we get to listen to music all class. I love how we got to choose our blog topic because I feel that it will give us more of a chance to show our true colors trough music. If I had to say one of my least favorite parts, it would have to be that we don’t go on each others blogs more. We should have to go on other blogs and comment for homework sometime. My favorite part of class is when we go to the computer lab and listen to music and write about songs that we have chosen to fit certain categories. I like listening to my music and trying to find a good song to fit each description. These are some of my likes and dislikes about the class so far.

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  10. I like this class a lot. Going to the computer lab everyday and being able to work at our own pace. This class is good because it is what you want it to be by deciding what music you use as well as the topic. My favorite part would have to being able to listen to music and actual being able to talk about it to other students and why it means so much ones self. Maybe it could open up a new type of music for fellow classmates. There isn’t really anything bad about this class; everything is done well. Not really organized but still it’s a fun class. There is a lot to learn about music just a few notes, beat, and words. we get to search for a deeper meaning and see what the song writer really means when they put certain words in these songs; also learning the popular poetic devices used. This class is pretty epic.

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  11. So far, the POS class has been great. The class is very relaxing for me and can be a stress reliever during the school day. I enjoy the lab portion of the class a lot. It allows you to be away from the classroom for a while and just unwind. My favorite part of the class so far is the music aspect of the class. At first, I thought that we would be analyzing poems but I feel the analyses of modern and old songs it so much more fun. My least favorite part of the class has been the writing, but since it's an English elective I don't mind. The framework of POS suits me very well, and I have the benefit of taking the class.

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  12. I think this class has been a great addition to the school's academic system. All students enjoy listening to music, so having them analyze their favorite music would be something many more students will sign up for in the near future. It's also a bonus that there is a blog for this because it handles the issue of "Oh, I forgot it at home," because it's unexcusable to forget to post it to your blog, seeing as how the blog is your primary grade. The assignments we have done up to this point have been enjoyable and beneficial. Most of the songs we have listened to in class do not share the same themes that I thought they did. This class has taught me how to more effectively analyze these lyrics (i.e. the symbolism of a window).

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  13. I enjoy this class because it allows us to be creative and learn about the things I like. It is interesting and i learn a lot. My favorite part is how we get to pick our own theme/genre because it allows me to bring something I like into an english class. My least favorite part is that it is hard to find songs that fit my theme/genre with many poetic devices. Overal I like this class. It is one of my more interesting classes.

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  14. I like this class so far because it involves relating to all different genres of music. I like that I am able to hear everyone opinions about different songs and lyrics and how they relate and how they differ. Im also a fan of the blog because it lets you create your own style and your own songs to post for everyone to see.

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  15. So far I really really like this class. I like how our topics are completely open to us and how we have alot of time in the computer lab so that we aren't overwhelmed with work at home. I don't really dislike anything; however, I did think it was too hard to find songs within our topic/ genre that had similes and metaphors in it. So, yeah I guess I really didn't like that too much. My favorite part is analyizing our songs because I like to read into things like that so it comes into play when we do that. My least favoite part is presenting, but it's really not too big of a deal.

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  16. I for the most part love this class. I think it's really creative and it's sort of relaxing too. I love listening to the diffreent types of music and writing about them. It's fun to make a blog and playlist and personalize it. It's not like a normal boring class where we have to do work we don't want to , it's actually interesting. One thing i dont like about the class, well its not really about the class itself but i cant always get the songs i want on my playlist because the website does not have it and it is aggrivating. Thats really the only downside but im sure that can someday be fixed. Other than the technical glitches i think this is a really fun and creative class , i really enjoy it. My favorite part of this class is picking songs for my playlist because i like searching for fun songs to put on my blog. I already said my least favorite thing.

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  17. i lkike this class alot. it gives us freedom to work on Music we want and what we like. deff like analyzing songs, everyone has their own opinion on what the song means and is about. it is alittle hard to find songs that exactly match Genre

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  18. I feel that the class can be hard to fallow at times because the concept and theory behind the class seems to be constanly changing. But I like the fact that we are allowed to share our own tastes in music and get a better understanding of the song or another person's point of view. The fact that everything is done through computers makes doing assignments easier, because if you don't finish it in school you just save it and work on it at home.

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  19. The music thing is good but the writing thing stanks. I like doing stuff on the computer. Goin to lab is best part of class. I like looking into our favorite songs. The writing stanks cuz i dont like to write. Everything else is good

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  20. The things I like about this class is that the freedoms we have is to listen to our own music basically anytime were in the lab and the teachers don't have a problem with it, as long as it goes with the class. One of the things I don't like about the class is that we have a lot of writing exercises which isn't that big of a problem. -Charlie D.

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  21. I enjoy this class. I like that we can pick our own songs to analyze and that there are not many restrictions on what we can work with. I also really enjoy the idea of keeping a blog. i only wish you could find more songs on this website because the majority of the music i listen to are from the area and its really hard to find on playlist.com. As a whole though i like this class a lot and i'm looking forward to the remainder of it.

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  22. I am liking this class so far mostly because i like to listen to music a lot so by listening to the music and reflecting upon it, it helps me to understand what the music is saying a lot more. I don't like doing a lot of writing all of the time that is probobly my least favorite part of the class and my favorite is having the ability to go to the computer lab and listen to music for a while.

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  23. The thing i like most about this class is that we go to the computer lab basically everyday. It's better than sitting in a classroom for 90 minutes. Another thing i like about this class is that its about music, and i love music. I like learning to read between the lines and go into depth about waht a song is realy trying to say. I like being creative and using imagination and we do that alot in this class. I also like making a playlist full of music that i like. The thing i like least is basically nothing, i like every activity we do, other then the lengthy essays, but i can deal with it.

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  24. What I like about this class is how it is all about music. I love music, so focusing on it will keep me interested and actually want to do it. I don't really like going to the computer lab every day. I think it would be better if we spent more time in the classroom because it wouldn't be the same routine. But mostly everything else I don't mind. I like studying types of songs and learning what the lyrics mean. My favorite part of the class is picking songs for my playlist because i can put the songs I like on there.

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  25. So far I have liked this class. I belive it's a good way to get music into schools. Plus I like the fact that we can't listen to our ipods during school (at free times like lunch or SSR) but this gives a chance to get that urge out. So far I have liked all the assignments except maybe the metaphor assginment becasue it was difficult to find songs including good metaphors.

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  26. I really like this class because music ic a big part of my life. Being a memeber of the NHS chorus and also being very intrested in Musical theater it is great to be able to express my intrest in music and the meaning of it and to get a grade for it! It's like gym for really athletic kids. =D I also like that we have blogs and a lot of assignments are on there because it's easy to make things up. I'm loving this class. Plus I think we have a really great group of students who all, for the most part, enjoy the class as well.

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