Final Course Reflections

Over the last few weeks as the hustle and bustle of life at home has gotten back to normal I still have sharp memories of everything that I have learned and I think fondly back on them. Perhaps presumption in saying, of the group I was perhaps the one who was trying to find my place in the study of International Relations, because I tend to jump around so much, figuratively speaking and not focus on a core subject within my study.

That leads me to our discussion with Dr. Greg Weeks at Webster University Vienna. He offered in his short discussion with us all valuable insights and information on a lot, but what I remember was he said and I am gonna paraphrase for him, "If you try to tackle it all, you will inevitably fail." That has kind of been the words I have stuck with in regards to my studies.

The experiences in Austria and CZR can help integrate so well what I have already studied and learned and for that I am grateful to Dr. Tamashiro and Dr. Hanssen for working hard to put together the experience. Also once I began to work on my wikibook chapter I began to truly appreciate and understand the big picture. It was really quite awesome!

I dont think it hit me until I posted the final revision, that we had taken this amazing trip abroad and learned about these cultures. It didn't just stop there we then had the awesome opportunity to produce quality work on the internet for others to see. Another classmate posted in a blog comment that, "we had an opportunity that many others will never have." Somehow I feel glad that we are able to share it with those through Wiki-book.

Rather then being consumers of information, I think we all moved towards producers and it was a nice feeling.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make this opportunity happen.

Přeji Vám vše nejlepší or I wish you all the best!

Source for translation: Dictionary.com