Earlier, when asked for suggestions as to how to "improve" the Introduction to the English Major class, Will made a comment that focused on the oral poetry presentations. Now, I agree with the idea that it would have been more, say, "interesting", to do poetry that we personally picked up and liked; however, the poetry, if allowed to pick, wouldn't be completely "random". If given a list of poets, as Will said, we could pick from it; but, the poetry that we do end up choosing should have to be a great example that demonstrates the poet's particular style.

Not only would this induce a deeper amount of research and interest into a poet, it would broaden the student's knowledge of their poetry, and consequently benefit them more. Plus, by looking at different examples of the poet's work, the student will get an eventual, ultimate feel of how, say, a Plath poem should be, or how a Ginsberg poem can be differentiated from a Kerouac poem. By having the student well-versed in a certain poet's area of work, it would lead to a more successful and confident presentation, since they have become quite an expert in their author's field.

 If we had done that, I think it might have been more "fun" as a whole; however, this isn't to say I'm complaining about the presentations we did do, because they were fine. But, we were asked for suggestions to "improve" the course. Alas, besides from the previously stated suggestion, the only other thing I could think of is to not make the class an 8 a.m. I think that killed it for a lot of people-- I know I personally was not feeling the early morning class, which was partially to blame for my quietness throughout the term. Had the class been at 11:30, it would have been ideal; still, I liked it, and had a good time during the last three weeks.