My expectations for the class are basically the same as my feelings I just recited
in that I don’t really have any. I just hope I am able to complete assignments and
critically think about the topics we are discussing. And by the end of the term I’d like to
be able to pass the class with an A or B. My education is entirely in the instructor’s hands,
which ironically I’m not supposed to allow myself to do after reading Freire in this exact
same class. As for self expectations, again, nothing really comes to mind. I hope I will be
a little bit more open and optimistic about things. And if not, then I hope to at least be
able to handle such an optimistic class course. I know last term I could become so cynical
after what I could only call an idealistic session that I’d be in a horrible mood for the rest
of the day, which was both physically and mentally exhausting. But I’m still going to ask