So I definitely should've posted this first, but I didn't think of it until a little while ago! This is the "survey" we had to take at the very beginning of the semester. It's quite interesting how some things have stayed the same and how some things have changed so much in such a short time. Check it out!

1)Where are you from?  How would you describe your hometown? 

I’m from Fort Worth originally. I would describe it as a place with good people and good food everywhere you go!

2) What are your favorite fields of study?  What are your least favorites? 

English/Writing and science are my favorites. Math is my least favorite.

3) What brought you to TCU?  What do you like best about TCU?  What do you like the least? 

My mom works here so I get free tuition; also the campus is beautiful and I love the small class sizes. I don’t like that it’s constantly under construction and I also hate the parking. 

4) If you were suddenly made Chancellor of TCU, what are the first things that you would change? PARKING and the Greek. (Both of those things have changed since I answered this question! There is more parking now--although not really convenient--and there are plans to beautify the Greek that are ACTUALLY being carried out!)

5) Describe your reading experiences.  Do you like to read?  How often and how much do you read?  Do you read for enjoyment, or do you read primarily because you are required to read for your classes?  What do you like to read the most--newspapers, magazines novels, class texts, letters?  Does reading bore you or put you to sleep? 

I love to read. I probably read every day. I read for a mixture of pleasure and requirement. I like to read novels and letters best. Reading certainly can bore me/put me to sleep; it depends on what it is that I’m reading. (Mostly read as a requirement as the semester went on...)

6) Describe your writing experiences. Do you enjoy writing?  How much and how often do you write?  Do you write for your own enjoyment or primarily for your classes?  What kinds of writing do you do most often--papers, letters, reports, stories, essays, poems, email?  Do you find writing a difficult task? 

I do enjoy writing. I write pretty often as I am currently a contributing writer for three different neighborhood magazines here in Fort Worth. I write for enjoyment, classes, and my internship. I probably write reports/stories, essays, and emails the most. I don’t think writing is difficult but I do think it is very subjective (obviously) so I may really enjoy my writing but someone else may not; that’s probably the most difficult thing about it. (Everything here is still the same as far as my feelings go but I don't work for those magazines anymore!)

7) What are the three most important lessons you learned last semester? 

1. Don’t drop all your classes when you get stressed. 2. Don’t let stress get in the way of your happiness. 3. Grades/GPA is important but not as important as the relationships you build in life wherever you may be. (Yay for not dropping every. single. class. this semester!)

8) Describe a failure and what you learned from this experience. 

I stopped going to class last semester and then eventually dropped all my classes. I’m not sure if I could describe this as a “failure” per se but I definitely learned to budget my time more wisely and to try not to let outside forces distract me from one of the main goals right now, which is graduating! (Two more semesters, people.)

9) What are your goals for this course and this semester? 

To stay on track and maintain a balance. (I think I did well for the most part in achieving this goal.)

10) What do you think makes a course successful?  What makes a course a failure? 

A flexible professor: AKA one that will understand that one pedagogy may not work for every student, one that pays close attention to the responses of the class as a whole but also individualizes/customizes to create an atmosphere that engages every student and makes possible a new knowledge of whatever the course material may be. Also it has to not be boring. The opposite of the conditions I just described makes a course a failure. (Good thing this course was a success!)

11) Describe the worst class or the worst teacher you have ever had. 

10th grade English. Terrible class, terrible teacher. We didn’t even finish half the books and she only had one way of teaching so more than half the class did poorly because they weren’t understanding the way she was explaining the material, including myself. (She sucked. Probably still does.)

12) List three books, stories, poems, or films that have deeply touched your life. 

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, “poem to my uterus” by Lucille Clifton, Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. (I actually really like "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath too, and lots of other poetry as I've read a lot in my women poets and poetic traditions course this semester!)

13) List three books that you disliked reading (if not hated reading) 

The Human Web, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (idk why I hated One Fish, Two Fish ha)

14) Tell me three things that I ought to know about you. 

1. I am struggling between two worlds: I am a mainstream sorority girl with a gypsy soul, 2. I can make a four leaf clover shape with my tongue, 3. I have trouble with deadlines. (1. Wow, so hipster August 2015 me. 2. Still pretty proud of the clover tongue thing. 3. Why did I admit this? Can anyone say first impressions?)

And there you have it folks.