Actual Final Post

So my plan to shoot a documentary for the group AFI fell through because communications between us failed. I sent an email about three to four weeks ago to be able to come in and shoot one for them to be able to use but since I never got a response I stopped pursuing. Though I will take this opportunity to just reflect on the year I guess. I have learned a whole lot about the process of literature because it isn't just a once and done thing it is a continual process that takes time and effort to really connect with the text and also with the world around you. It has showed me that one of the best marks of a scholar is patience and perseverance. Those two attributes are what separate the studious from the lazy. Those two attributes take a meager understanding of a text and move it to a place where the understanding is so deep that it begins to affect the person to the point of a change in their life. I know all these texts this semester had a hand in shaping me, however small, into a better person. Its the type of thing where while reading the truth agrees with who you are and you begin to take on that truth and in the meantime you realize that there are bits of you that need to be left behind. A good example is the section on nature, I used to appreciate nature but never on the scale that I do now because of literature showing me the beauty of all the things that God has created. So after all the times where you thought that I didn't enjoy the class or get anything out of it I just wanna say thank you. I actually can say that I learned something and it has changed me.