Review the learning objectives for this course. What's one thing you've learned that connects to an objective and to your future job?

I'd like to address two of the learning objectives for my discussion. To begin, I've enjoyed the critical thinking aspect of this course. The in-class conversation was always motivated by questions, with Dr. Rice always encouraging us to interrogate our own ideas about teaching, composition, and writing as an academic subject. I know that I've developed immensely as a teacher and student because I always felt that the classroom was a safe space for open discourse. Even the idea of a classroom being a "safe space" was valuable knowledge - much of the critical thinking in this class, then, is naming ideology. I knew I wanted a classroom to be safe but didn't even know I needed to term it as such.

I also see now how well-structured the class was. The form of it equaled the content. By this I mean, we were taught how to finely craft a teaching philosophy and a syllabus in a course where the teaching philosophy and syllabus of the instructor were finely tuned. I think Dr. Rice's openness about his own teaching and process motivated us to think critically about our own work and how to improve and apply it. Much of the coursework I've done here will be useful to me in the future, after careful revision appropriate for my field.

I was also interested in the grammatical information presentation aspect of this course. As someone who has always considered myself to be a staunch grammarian, I have appreciated the feedback about the place grammar has in the composition classroom. While important, it needs to function in concert with generative work and not as a trap that students fall into.