Post #3 - assignment

• What was your "high" this week? What was your "low"? If you could have a "do over" for your first full week of college, what would it be?
• What's standing out to you about college right now, or what's surprised you, or surpassed your expectations?
• Write a hefty paragraph or two about what you've been learning in your classes, without looking back over your class notes or textbooks. Then, spend a couple minutes reflecting on what you wrote.  Part of college is learning how to learn. So, how is your learning going? How could you improve your learning?

• Have you ever written a list poem? It's a poem, essentially a list, that's organized around a central idea. Here's an example list poem about the color orange:

What is Orange?

Orange is a tiger lily,
A carrot,
A feather from

A parrot, 

A flame, 

The wildest color you can name. 

Saying good-bye 

In a sunset that 

Shocks the sky . 

Orange is brave 

Orange is bold 

It's bittersweet 

And marigold. 

Orange is zip 

Orange is dash 

The brightest stripe 

In a Roman sash. 

Orange is an orange 

Also a mango. 

Orange is the music 

Of the tango. 

Orange is the fur 

Of the fiery fox, 

The brightest crayon 

In the box.

And in the fall 

When the leaves are turning 

Orange is the smell 

Of a bonfire burning.

---Mary O'Neill (from http://www.angelfire.com/ct2/evenski/poetry/listpoempg1.html) 

For the last part of this blog entry, pick something about college or UTOP to write a list poem about. Aim for at least 10 lines.