I was surprised how much more I learned by being expected to read articles and relate them to our life experience or discuss what I thought to be interesting or strange. By writing the information that I have read helped me remember the content without worrying about their being a test. Third, I thought managing my time for the class would be harder than when attending a regular lecture course. I thought since I was attending a course that it was easier to remember that an assignment was due, but it was actually easier to manage my time because I had more time to work on my assignments. Finally, I thought working with a group that I have never met or will meet was going to be even harder than when physically attending class. Usually, working with a group is really hard because there is always work, school, or other activities preventing one member from not being able to do …show more content…
It gave a different light to their culture then the one created when September 11, 2001 occurred. It helped me understand that though that was a group fighting in the name of their religion against a country they believe trying to stop them, that didn’t mean it was majority of the Islamic culture but that was a few. The best example was a Bones episode I found while reading this section and decided to watch. Within the episode, they have a man named Arastoo Vaziri interning under Brenden who was raised in an Islamic community and learned the Qur’an within his education. Arastoo Vaziri stated, “This was not the work of religion, it was arrogance, it was hypocrisy, it was hate. Those horrible men who hijacked those planes hijacked my religion that day too. They insulted my God. So no, this isn 't too difficult. It 's a privilege to be able to serve this victim, to be able to show him care and love that was so absent that day” (Bones: The Patriot in Purgatory, 8.6, 2012). I believe this to be true and have a different image of those who are Islamic instead of our arrogant, bias image based on an accident performed by the few. The only change I wish that would occur is the equal education for women and those who are