My Last Blog!

When I heard you are required to take a basic English class. I thought to my self “oh lord” I am going to have to a read a bunch of books and learn vocabulary. To my surprise how ever English 15 ended up not being anything of the sort. At first I was really nervous about writing my first paper I had never written a paper in college before and I wanted to make sure the language was prefect and the grammar was pristine. I thought if have those two qualities I would do more than “ok” in the class. However I learned quickly a paper whatever topic it maybe research or a memoir requires several other qualities. For instance my writing has always been unorganized, jumping from thought to thought. So to better my organization I started to write down all my ideas and then rearrange them so they make sense. I also learned that paragraph and sentence structure is very important when trying write a masterpiece. I found it interesting how just rearrangement of words could make a story or fact more intriguing. Personally I believe my writing has evolved immensely over the course of the semester. I learned several new techniques that I make I sure use throughout my writing process. English 5 was also very helpful throughout the semester. My tutor and I only met once a week to review the assignments I was given in English 15. It was nice however to be able to pick someone else’s brain for ideas.

            The project I love the most was the memoir assignment. That assignment for me was the most fun. It forced me to be more creative with my writing and look at the person who I was. The blogging assignment was too on my other favorites. It was nice to be able to write in a more relaxed tense while having interesting topics to discuss. My least favorite assignment is the research paper. I have never had the experience of writing a research paper for an English class. I struggled mostly with who to write the paper and how to organize it. Because throughout high school the research papers I wrote were mostly factual based.

            Overall English 15 as course taught me several things. I am more than happy that I am walking away with a new perspective of writing and language. In the future I would love to take another English class so I can further my writing skills.