My Capstone Experience

My capstone experience is something that I will never forget. The reasoning being that the layout of the class was far different from anything that I have ever experienced before. By having the students pick subtopics, research them and ultimately teach them to the rest of the class this course was able to continue to instill a love for learning in a new way. As a future educator you can imagine that this teaching style was really tailored towards me but I thought it was beneficial for  everyone because we were able to learn about topics we cared about.
Throughout this course we learned about various neurological diseases and initially the course did not seem all that intriguing to me. But after a few papers I was hooked and was really enjoying the class. This class not only taught me about the neurochemistry behind each disease, this course also taught me a lot about the culture and social views of these diseases.
But the learning did not stop here. Every Friday for this course we would have small group discussion about other implications and views of the disease for the week. I believe it was on these days I was able to learn and gain a better understanding about some of my beliefs and who I am. There were a lot of questions that required deep and considerate thinking in these discussion, which is the reason for gaining the better understanding about myself. But these discussions also brought B.R.E.W. into the picture. A lot of questions that were asked had to do with further implications beyond the paper and it was these questions that continued to instill the idea of brewing for this class.
Overall I have thoroughly enjoyed this class. I have learned more about neurological disease then I would have ever expected. But beyond that his course made me think about these disease in ways I would have never thought of before and this class caused various topics to come up that I have never really considered. This course has helped me discover new aspects about myself and continued to help instill a connoted desire to learn. It is weird to think that at the end of the year my journey at Concordia will end, but my experience here is something I would never trade way.