So we're about half-way through our IST110 journey, and I would like to touch on what I feel I've learned... This class is currently my favorite class to attend all week. It may sound like I'm trying to make teacher's pet, but seriously, I would regret it if I didn't say something. I love the way our class is run. I feel like as a member of team Wintermute, or as part of our class, I have gained so much from our dysfunctional pseudo-family! We are all so different, yet not. At some point in the last few weeks I have bonded in some way, usually privately to myself, with all of my classmates. Maybe I personally agreed with some *deep* thing you said in class, or laughed at something you wrote on your blogs. The purpose of this post is to elaborate on why I feel this class was so conducive to creating such a learning environment.

• Being graded on what we do, not what we can memorize.
• Being treated (right down to our sometimes belligerent opinions) with respect.
• The understanding that a set curriculum isn't set in stone.
• Consistently giving us the liberty in our projects to stretch the limits and make it our own.

Give a shout out if you feel this class has affected you positively or negatively! We can speak our minds freely (arguably) for the first time in our education. Here's to saving the school system!