Finals week

Wow.... 4 finals in 24 hours. I CAN'T wait till I'm done. Thankfully I only have one on friday :)
My car is FULLLLLLL. You never realize how much stuff you have until you have to pack it all into a Suburban. So anyway. BY FAR this was my favorite class!! I enjoyed it a lot and wish I could take more classes like it.

The final

This class has turned out to be very interesting. I really enjoyed the teacher and felt he presented the information very well. I was never bored or felt that this class didn't apply to me. He gave many different situations in which what we were learning could be applied and gave a lot of examples to help illustrate the points he was presenting.

As for the final, I am a bit nervous about the essays. I feel these are among the hardest we've had all year and are very broad. It will be interesting to see how this goes!

Final

I am currently studying for the final tomorrow and i am very nervous. I hope that i can do well on it to get an A in the class. Over all what we have covered for this test is pretty easy and i think it shouldn'tbe too bad. Although i though that for the last test and I did not do so well. I am not going to go study some more and hopefull do well on this final!!!

...end of class

I have really enjoyed this family science class due to the relaxed environment which allowed all students to become involved in the classroom. Our last class this week was a good experience because we were put in the situation of being the professional. Watching the clip from Fisher really allowed me to get a differnet perspective on what being a therapist would be like. It takes knowledge and expereince to know what to say in certain situations with patients or clients. I thought that the lectures really gave a lot of insite on how families and individual grow and develope. I will take this knowledge and build off of it further in my future classes. I am a Family Science major and this class reassured me that this major is the right choice for me.

This Class....

I am excited for our final test in this class. But at the same time, really sad. I have enjoyed this class. The Prof was amazing and really interesting. In the beginning I wasn't really looking forward to this class, but that quickly changed. I understand more now about Families and how to approach problem. I wish everyone luck on this final. 

Working with Families

This was a really interesting class discussion. It helped me to see things in a different way with how I answer with my responses now. The transitional responses to this subject were forms that I hear quite often when I am at work or even talking with others. When I myself begin teaching I would hope that when I do come into contact with these responses I use them to the best of my ability and use them correctly. When I do start teaching and am asked one of these responses and something sad or devistating happens to one of my students or their families, I hope that I can use the terms correctly and in a way that dosen't come off horrible. For instance with personal experience I will try not to use "It happened to me", or "I know how you feel" because each experience is far different and so is the person's emotions. As for interpersonal support they are all very useful tools. Listening, Understanding, Support, and Help, are all very useful tools to help anyone in a given situations. If a studnet or parent comes to me with something I will most definitly try to use these for support. For myself I have used them for my own friends and family. With my friends I do this when they are talking to me about guys or breakups, etc. I am very focused and do lend advice and really hear and understand what they are saying. As for support I am usually the one that shows the most empathy and support to people, as everyone tells me. For myself I hope to do the same with families that come to me wtih questions or concerns and I am able to answer them and give them these types of support to help them get through their situation(s).

Class Overview

Overall, I learned so much from this class. Even though I may not have the best grade I could have learning about how process is so much more important than content was really neat. I never would have thought about that concept if it wouldnt have been from this class. I think one of the most interesting things that we learned about in class was about parenting. I think that parenting conceptss apply to most of the students in the class, and even if they arnt parents or dont plan on it, they were grown up by a parent or guardian. I think this would have to be one of my favorite classes because of the great discussions that we would have in class. I learned a lot from it and I would reccomend it to someone who was interested in learning about different familiy dynamics.