Week 15

Throughout this semester of English 104 my writing has definitely changed. I feel like before I took this class my writing was not a structured. I would not always follow the logical lines of explaination to get my point across, I would try to make it interesting rather than informative or both if possible. I suppose what I'm saying is that this class has taught me it's okay to simply explain, or report, on what I've gained from my research. I don't have to necessarily entertain my audience all the time. I have also learned a lot more about incorporating my research into my writing. This was not a skill I was particularly good at before I too this class. I would do the research and then forget to put it into my paper entirely. Now I am better at bringing my readers along with me in my research rather than telling them everything I know from my own knowledge bank. I believe this is a skill that will help me appear more credible in any circumstance where I'll need to write. Something I could still work on is citing within my paper. I've definitely grown in doing this more frequently, but there's still a part of me that hates doing it. This has been a great class, but actually a little overbearing. I don't want to appear lazy or anything, but almost everyone I've spoken to in other English 104 classes have not had near the workload that we have had throughout the semester. I think maybe you could back of just a little. For most of us this is simply another core class, and we aren't ever going to put the same heart into it that we would in the classes pertaining to our majors.