10. Final Impressions

• What are your final Impressions of Colloquium?

Made by a leftist who didn't have a good idea of how to introduce people to subjects.  Also, WAY too biased at times.

• What changes would you make to the course?

1) Less leftism.  As a Moderate-Aligned activist, I fight all extremes.  Over the course of the course, I found alot of things which were agreeable, like the information on global resources.  At the same time though, I occasionally would come across one of the very things I'd fought so hard against, mainly because it was based in irrational, incorrect, or inconsiderate viewpoints.  Because of the levels of bias, I have a prediction that many of the students will have a negative response to alot of the material as it dawns on them how radical it was, which is a huge problem when you're trying to convince people of real problems.

2) Less writing.  Academics are stupid: Academic rigor has been shown to be the biggest threat to our nation's intelligence.  Telling people to read something and then write about it in the way that I was seeing is literally damaging to the intellect: it teaches against critical evaluation of material, and is inappropriate for such a biased curriculum.  This material would be better introduced through a casual environment, without the huge mass of essays being read and written, so that students are more encouraged to think and explore the material on their own, without being bombarded by it.

• What suggestions for activities or field trips do you have?

The FGCU campus.  Not the trails, but the actual buildings: the newer stuff is LEED certified, which is pretty relevant to the course.