Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Goodbye All!

    We finally made it. There have been times I have been frustrated and angry, but we are here at the finish. We typed a ton, and read quite a bit. In the end I actually think that my writing skills have gotten better. I remember the timed essay, I was nervous when I first clicked that link to see the question, but as soon as I saw it, I knew exactly what I was going to write about. I had a plan, and executed it.
    I never remember a time where I could just do something like that. I would usually look at a question and stare at it a few moments, then go about writing my answer, I had never just started writing immediately before. I have found that this class has enabled me to sort out the ideas I have in better ways so that when it comes to crunch time, I know exactly what I want to write. This skill I believe will be extremely improtant not just now, but in the future as well.
    I have also learned to filter my thoughts better. I stick to the topic better then I have, paid attention to paragraph transitions and tried to the best of my ability to make my papers flow logically, and keep my transition from point to point as smooth as possible. I have tried to write as if I am taking you on a journey through facts, instead of just throwing them at you. I believe this will help make any papers I write in the future more interesting and hopefully will net me better grades.
    Working with you all has been fun, I have been able to explore other people's writing  in add parts of their styles to mine, I have also learned to expand upon other things I see people doing right to help make my writing better. Sharing the experience taught me a lot, and though many of you might roll your eyes at this statement, there were quite a few good papers I read along the way. I never found a paper boring, I always found the papers I read to be interesting. Thanks to all of those people that were in my groups that were there for the group projects. some of those were pretty tough and for the most part, everyone did their part.
    So now I bid everyone in English 103 goodbye. I will probably walk past you on campus, and even though we talked so much on this site and the class forums, you may never know it is me that is walking past. I too, will be guilty of this offense. If you ever see me around, don't be afraid to say hi, I always have an open ear for anyone that can return the favor. The class was fun, and although I think this will be my final foray into English, I think that it has granted me skills I could not replace. Part of that was been because of how much writing there has been, so thanks Jennifer for making us write blocks of text again and again all week, every week, so that we can find in ourselves our voice through our fingers. Now, I am going to give my fingers a break before I get carpel tunnel. Later All!