Looking Back, and Moving Forward

At the very beginning of the semester I remember not being too sure about this class after the first initial meeting. It definitely wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting a traditional English class with research papers and boring topics for 3+ page papers. I don't even know how I ended up being in a hybrid English class. What probably happened was that this class ended up being the only one that would fit in my schedule. I am glad I ended up in this class though. What I loved most about this class was the ability to write about my opinions and what I thought. Instead of paraphrasing what other people thought. I would say that this class helped me grow as a writer a lot. I was never use to writing papers that were based mostly on my opinions, so it was weird at first to express those opinions. This class helped me a lot with that.

One of my strong points as a writer is how I am able to hold my readers attention throughout my entire piece. I think this shows the most in my piece "So You Say That College is for Everyone? Have You Thought About the Fact That EVERYBODY is Different?". This piece was one of those pieces that I didn't really go over much. Once it was done it was done, and I actually didn't like it that much. I just thought it was eh, nothing special. Until after I posted it did I think differently. The comments that were posted were not what I was expecting. People were saying how much they liked it, how it kept their attention and how it was entertaining to read. After I read those comments I went back and I read that piece (It was probably the first time I read it to be honest) After I read it I realized that it was everybody was right. It was pretty good. I think what made it so good was how I was, for one very honest, and two I had a good balance between my opinions my personal stories and my sources own testimonies. I also had a weird video that not only supported my opinion, it was also entertaining.

My second favorite piece would have to be my "A little More About Me (Revised)". The reason I like this one so much is because I had fun writing it and explaining about how important being a Southerner is to me. I have always like writing these types of papers as well as reading them. You can find out some much about a person you barley know by just reading. You don't even have to talk to them. I'm not saying I'm unsocial, because that's quite the opposite. I'm just saying I enjoy reading people bios.

I was reading through all my blogs trying to decide which one I wanted to use as my third favorite and I was conflicted because I like most of them and it was difficult to decide on just three. But, I finally decided to use "Why Have a Family Dinner When You Can Have a Stranger Dinner!". I don't know about y'all, but I crack myself up. That's one of my other strengths as a writer, I make my blogs humorous. That's why I chose this blog as my third favorite, because it's so dang funny and it's so me. I would have to say this blog describes me the most because this is how I talk and act all the time.

Like I said before I am so glad that I had the opportunity to take this class. I really think it helped me improve as a writer. The knowledge I take from this course will hopefully stick with me throughout the rest of my college career and possibly even beyond that into the ,I'm not going to say real world because we are in the real world like it or not, how about the next chapter of this so called life of mine.