Hi! My high school writing experience was very beneficial to helping me learn how to write successfully. Since sophomore year I have had to write many papers, including multiple research papers, response papers, and literary analyses. I think research papers were the most interesting papers I had to write. I don't mind writing; I think I hate the idea of starting a paper more than actually starting. Once I get writing, my ideas and words usually come naturally. One thing I hated during high school was that my English teacher junior and senior year would make us write in-class timed essays over pieces of literature, without knowing the prompts prior to class. While I didn't necessarily enjoy the stress behind these assignments, it made me a better, efficient, and concise writer.
In this class, I expect to learn more about becoming a persuasive communicator, either through speaking or writing. I am looking forward to learning more effective techniques for arguments in papers and other areas, because a frequent comment on my papers in high school were that my arguments were not "strong" enough. I'm a bit nervous for the public speaking aspect of this class, because I'm fairly quiet, but I'm open to learning new techniques for speaking in front of a group. I'm a little bit concerned for the rigor of college classes, but my high school was very rigorous as well, so I feel fairly prepared. I'm looking forward to the rest of this class with everyone!
That was a nice response! I am finding myself relating to your experience because I had to do many of the same things you did. I like how this is concise post that addresses the prompt directly, I look forward to reading more of your posts!
ReplyDeleteI also experienced timed in-class essays. I like to take my time with my writing, but, like you said, having a time limit made me write more efficiently. I wish we would have done more of these.
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