We have learned a lot of interesting things in this class, but my favorite topics were about killers and the deviant behavior. I have always had an interest in serial killers and how their mind works. I don't know if it was because I am a big scary movie fanatic, or if it is just for some other random reason, but the idea of a serial killer's mind and their motivations or actions just interest me. I feel almost the same way about deviance because you wonder why people do certain actions that are out of the norms of society and what encourages them to act outside of society. Another thing I enjoyed were the free blogs. Writing them were easy, but I enjoyed seeing what other people were interested in because they would have fun writing their blog, making them more exciting to read.
My least favorite parts of the class were the presentations by guest speakers. It is always a good idea to have guest speakers, but the suicide presentation seemed more of an information session about suicide and what Varner house does to help. The presentation about Swift Justice did not show much purpose to me. The speakers were very nice and seemed to present well, but the topics were not very interesting.
The topics I would like to see expanded are things on television, movies, and music. I feel like the class would be much more engaged in these topics since at our age, we are almost hypnotized by such things. I would love to get my opinion on different killers in movies or how music motivates us and the last couple classes were really fun to talk about. I don't really think anything needs to be limited though.
If I were to teach the class, I would probably do it very similarly to how Dr. C did it. Many good topics were presented and the articles were good displays of media. I do think the more recent news should be a part of the class. Maybe a current events section needs to be included. Perhaps a certain amount of people could bring in an article every week relating media and justice. But overall, I wouldn't change much of anything.
I also enjoyed the serial killer stuff and I too am fascinated by how they operate as well. However, I don't think both speakers were bad, just the one on suicide.
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