Benjamin Franklin's Efforts To Participate In The Classroom

Benjamin Franklin said "tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn." I know exactly what Mr. Franklin means. I always learn best when theories explained in the classroom can be applied to the real world. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate my efforts to participate fully in LAWS 2302V whilst taking this course online. In fact, I have watched all the available lectures for this class, which totals a total 17 hours, 8 minutes and 50 seconds. I have participated in class discussions in my own way. I have read the assigned readings for each and every class. I have also watched all the film recommendations mentioned during class. A combination of these factors makes me feel that I deserve an 80% for participation in this course.
For this class, I have participated in the class discussion in a somewhat unorthodox way. As a distance student, I have difficulty speaking in in-class discussions but I do the best I can. I listen respectfully to other students' remarks and arguments within the class and make note of them to aid my studying for the final exam. I pose questions out loud and find answers within the lectures, the textbook or even Google. Whenever a question is asked to the class, if I know the response I shout it quite loudly at my computer
My favorites were Erin Brockovich, My Cousin Vinny and Legally Blonde, with Ocean's 11 earning an honourable mention. These films have shown to apply various legal concepts in a, if somewhat exaggerated, real life scenario. For instance in My Cousin Vinny, Vinny Gambini proves that his clients are not responsible for murdering the clerk of Sack-o-Suds by showing eyewitness misidentification. To elaborate, he uses his newfound knowledge on grits to show that an eyewitness was mistaken in his measurement of time during his testimony. In short, the movie recommendations were not only excellent but