Hi class! I am curious about how everyone is feeling about the subject now that we are basically half way through the class. The first three or four classes were strange for me because my grandmother has become very sick with stage four cancer since the first meeting. Sitting in class and then going home and dealing with the reality of death has been kind of an emotional roller coaster, but I am noticing that the more classes we have, the more comfortable I become with thinking, and more importantly talking about death. For those of you who are comfortable sharing, do any of you feel a little gloomy after class? I should mention that overall I am really enjoying the class, and I'm glad I decided to stick it out. I think the information we are learning will help us all be better, more rounded members of our society.
Amelia
Well i find the class very informative and helpfull. i know that my attitude has changed toward my family and the way that they grieved my mothers death. So in that aspect i enjoy the class but on the other hand, because of the time constraint, i feel that i am just speed reading the chapters and their is no much time for expression and really good discussion in class. i think that there should be more projects, more opportunity to express feelings, concerns, more time to talk about death. i would of liked to have a projects that we all go out and talk to someone about death and dying and come back and report about it. Or to find a poem about death and present and interprite it to the class. Like right now its very informative but its doesnt really get in deep and its easy just to sit back and let the information roll by with out ever interacting with it.
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ReplyDeleteI sometimes get a little sad from class, but its not a very intense sadness. Mostly the class reminds me of some of the people and pets I have lost and more significantly the people I love who have lost their nearest and dearest.
It makes me wish I had been more comfortable with death earlier so I could have provided better support for the people close to me, and it reminds me they are still hurting over that and it does make me sad.
Then again I am more comfortable now, and its never too late.
-Tabitha Burke
At first I too was a little stand backish about the class until I realized how much of a help it is for the real world, with real life circumstances. I have a friend who's husband has been battleing lung cancer for a few months now and I guess hw had has it for over 20 years and never knew it. It is very hard on her and him because there is pretty much little they can do now. I talk to her about this class all the time and even let her borrow the text book to read. These two outlets have really helped her understand this process of death and how she is going to need to deal with it. This class had mande me realize that although I think death is sad I have never been afraid of it. I have held my grandfathers hand as I told him it was okay to go and he took his last breath, and I have had to put down many peoples pets and wild animals in the jobs that I have. These are experiences that should make death easier to deal with but I think I will never be unemotional when it comes to death no matter how much I am involved in it.
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