Kieth Scalia

        When I entered Scalia's class on January 4th I was worried. I had heard things about him that made me less than excited to start his class. However, over the past few weeks, I've learned that the person I was expecting never existed to begin with. The Keith Scalia that I have come to know has his own strengths and faults, contrary to what I first believed. While the prompt for this blog is mostly asking us to comment on the effectiveness of the class and Scalia's teaching style, I also wanted to incorporate a small section on what I think of his personality.
        First, let me begin by telling you, the person reading this (obviously), what I've taken away from the class. This is by far my favorite English class of all time. Little to no notes. A small amount of pointless writing. And even now, while I'm writing this blog, I feel like my writing is evolving. All my life, my "voice" so to speak has been extremely robotic. I never liked putting any flare in a piece of writing, I thought it was distracting. But now, through these blogs where I don't necessarily have to follow all the rules of grammar, I've been able to develop my voice a bit more. Besides simply learning the class is really fun. I look forward to this class in the morning (and it's not just because coming to this class means that Marine Science is over for the day). The atmosphere is warm and worry free which can be really relaxing and put me in a good mood for the rest of the day (my remaining classes are pretty easy). Overall, the class is really fun and enjoyable.
        Now let's get to the fun part. Scalia, what a guy. To be completely honest, this guy is a pretty good teacher. He knows what he's talking about. When it comes to English topics Scalia's words should be considered gospel (*cough* Josiah *cough*). At times Scalia can be a little less than satisfactory in his teaching style. However, when he stands in front of the class and does his little lectures, I really learn a lot. Now, while this wasn't really part of the assignment I wanted to comment a little on what I think of Scalia as a person. For the most part I like him. On the other hand, at times he can be a bit sensitive. Not meaning emotional but whenever I say something that is only the slightest bit rude, he takes offense. But this is probably just another one of his ways of triggering us.
        Overall, the class is really enjoyable. I've learned so much. If I would suggest one thing is to focus more on English topics, rather than random discussions that we don't do much in. But even if you changed nothing, I still would be learning a lot.