Upon reconstructing Danika's survey for my classroom/blog, I decided I wanted to begin the survey with the student's perceptions of English, and the English classroom. Although I am someone who has always enjoyed the literary journey, and the English classroom, others do not share my passion for the faculty of study. However, I am not simply looking for a yes or no response, I want to know my students' reasonings, and I want to know if it lies in a struggle with the subject of English, simply disinterest, or if the student's find the English classroom to have value. Another aspect I chose to consider for my survey, was whether or not student felt they had confidence in their abilities to read and write, and if this was a correlation between their responses for liking or disliking the discipline. If so, than such findings could suggest that some students may wish to enjoy English class, but their learning curves or misunderstandings overshadows their intrigue. Lastly, I think this survey is a good opportunity to set the demographic stage of my classroom-- what are they reading, what do they enjoy? Knowing their favoured literary genre or form of induglence, allows me to reconsider my lessons, and to simply get to know who my students' are right from the get go. For example, if I have a classroom of 30 students, and 23 of them are boys who tend to dislike poetry, but enjoy graphic novels and science fiction novels, I am going to use this to my advantage when I am struggling late Sunday night to get my lessons prepared.
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