Theology IV Honors: Course Analysis

The introduction to Theology IV Honors has been quite intriguing already. Even though we have only been in school for about three weeks, this class has challenged me to think of my world and my existence as a bigger pictures instead of narrowing my focus on stuff in my life that might seem important now, but in reality is only trivial. The next sentence that you will read might seem strange but it means more to me than one might think: the placement of Theology, in my schedule, is perfect. As I began the school year, I realized that my schedule had three subjects that, in the past, have been quite difficult to me. Not only is the material covered in these classes difficult for me, but the workload given by my teachers has already caused my …show more content…
Everything at this time a year ago felt like a chore. School stressed me out, I was sad that summer 2015 was over, and things that I used to find enjoyable were no longer. The colder weather also affected my mood and caused me to feel down when I had no reason to be. This year, although I was no longer on the medicine, my mood seemed to be scared by my experience of the previous year. As school began, the stress began and although my mood was not as severely depressed as last fall, it was still flat. Theology class played a big role in relaxing me and removed me from this state of mind. One day, I remembered that I had had a math quiz, english quiz, and Spanish test the three periods before Theology. I felt like I didn’t do too well on those assessments and it caused my day to go by rather slowly. I was disappointed in my performance and my mind began to wander. I started thinking about how colleges only see my first few quarters of Senior year and thought to myself that if I didn’t do well on these assessments, it would not be a good start to the year. Then I reached Theology class, Mr. Palmieri started class off with a prayer and then went on a tangent about how we face so many trivial stresses in our lives, especially Senior year. He read a passage from “Tales From a Magic Monastery”; Its moral: don’t get wrapped up in the little things. Stress is a part of life, …show more content…
By far, Mr. Palmieri’s talk had influenced me the most. I am not sure if it was his delivery or the content of his talk or the experience that followed his talk that made it so special to me but nevertheless, it got me really excited for Theology IV. I had entered this year with high expectations for both Senior year and Theology and even though my Senior year has already become stressful for me, I can, with confidence, say that Theology has exceeded my expectation, 3 weeks in, of what the course was going to be like. If only 3 weeks of Theology has changed my life, I can only imagine what a full school year will do for