I expect this English class to be exciting. I like how we spend a lot of time discussing and reading instead of always writing which was the case in most of my previous English classes. We tend to analyze a lot of literary items in this class so far, such as movies, books, speeches. I love the fact that we have discussions about politics, fashion, sports music or any topics that may come up. As far as my goals for the class I want to try and come out of the class with a passing grade. I would be surprised and disappointed if I left out of this class with something lower than a "B". I know that i can achieve this reachable goal if I keep my mind to it. There seems to be a lot of reading from the text book, but in the same token It doesn't appear to be overwhelming. I feel that the way the instructor teaches benefits me. It seems as if she is trying to ease us into her class for the first couple of weeks then increase the work load gradually. She seems easy going and has a silly side. So far we haven't really done much class work, which is a big plus. I expect that to continue out the entire semester. The toughest part of the course to me will be writing the 5-7 page research papers. Well, these are some of the things that I will expect this semester.