Final Post

Man, what have I learned. I learned that there is much, much more to fairy tales that I originally thought. I really thought that fairy tales were kids’ stories. Like I said in the welcome section of the blog that I set up for this class, I never read fairy tales when I was growing up. I was more of a Hardy Boys and Treasure Island kind of kid. My parents are both readers, and both of my parents read bedtime stories to my brother and I, but fairy tales were never part of the equation. I don’t really know why.

I think that the most striking thing that I learned is how desperately our world needs some of these stories right now. One story that immediately comes to mind is “The Star Talers.” If you recall, that story was about a young girl that gave away her few possessions to people that needed them. It’s a short story, but it is also very poignant. My fairy tale revision assignment is based on that story because I found it so very pertinent to our current environment, and, honestly, I was really taken by it.

A more personal note: if all goes as expected, I will graduate in August. All that I have left to do is take my comps, and that should be that. I have missed being able to travel to Ruston for class and being in the classroom; a move from south Arkansas to central Arkansas made traveling back and forth to Ruston an impractical (and expensive) option, but the online classes have been a sufficient surrogate and very enjoyable. I’ve been taking technical writing courses for the last few quarters, but I am glad that I got to spend this quarter doing what brought me to Tech in the first place. I really do love studying literature, and this quarter has been very enjoyable. It’s been a bittersweet quarter for me, and I am going to miss Tech, but I have had a lot of fun.

Now watch, now that I’ve said all that, I’ll be three hours short and taking another class in the Fall.