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When I walked in to this English class for the first time I felt really weird because I didn't really know what to do or where to sit. I only knew like three people in the class so i just sat next to them.

Also this didn't really look like all the ordinary English classrooms because it didn't have posters around the room. The first time I saw you, I felt like this was going to be a different learning course then the rest because you were straight forward with us and gave us a choice of learning the ordinary way or open soure. Then you walked out of the classroom so I was like is he really going to let you decide the way we want to learn this year. So that is when I decided that I wanted to learn a different way. As a whole class we all decided to go with open source learning.
Some of the challenges I faced this semester was trying to write journals everyday and putting blogs up. Some things that were new to me was memorizing poems, expressing myself, and also writing essays with no topic or method to follow just like this one. Also in all the my other English courses I've been learning the ordinary way so I felt like I got used to that method that I messed up some of the blogs or journal entries.

How did I do?

How to get along online

 To get along online you have to be able to feel comfortable, able to wait for their replies, and be honest to them even if it is a little harsh. These three tips are to have a good conversation online.

On Self-reliance pt.4

• To learn is to change our minds
• Honor is timeless and ephermeris is something that comes back and forth
• Everyone has an influence to follow 
• You dont have to be great or grand for people to look at you

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"
"To be great is to be misunderstood"

On Self-reliance pt.3

• If you can't have bad then what is good 
• You can do good things instead to just trying to look good to others 
• In the society we live in right now we are in a lot of pressure to not say the truth 
• People dont take risks because they think it will be unpleasant 

 "For nonconformity the world whips you with is displeasure."
 "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."

On Self-reliance pt.2

• We choose what we decide to focus on 
• If you dont have the courage to do something then you will never do it
• We put time and effort on something then something great will happen along the way
• People learn to express themselves 
• If you trust yourself enough to do something great 
• Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members

First impression on self-reliance

My first impression was that you need to believe in your own thoughts and be yourself. Also people might not agree with you but they can still count on you for your honest. Your belief in yourself is genius.