Assignment 26- Ellie Phillips

Although I appreciate a preparedness for an AP test, which can be valuable for college credit. I wish class wasn’t wholly centered around that test. Sure AP testing can be valuable but I think there’s also value beyond the test. The most influential part of class in my opinion was the socratic seminars. They did not pertain fully to the AP test; however, the discussion which they generated I found valuable. The seminar required us to critically read and evaluate interesting texts. I also appreciated having that intellectual conversation. I felt like it stimulated thought that was well beyond an AP test. With that in mind, I thought the most effective way of evaluating writings was through the smaller groups. They required you to be active and focused, and it also took less time to grade. So it was most effective in the sense of time and content. A problem with reading the AP designated scores was that they were quickly forgotten. I don’t have a resolution to that problem, except for maybe when going over them we take small notes that we can later quickly review rather than reread the entire passage.