When given the quote by Carl Sandburg, "It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?'." When I think about this quote it reminds me of how college began. When I first became a student at Texas State Technical College, I was studying video game design and development. This was a fun a good learning experience, but the real world came crashing down when I started looking into jobs in this market. There was a lack of available jobs and a large competition for the ones that existed. So after a little thinking about who I am, I realized it would be better to switch degrees and take on something more widely available, Web design and development. This was the start of a new path and the only reason I had to come back and take this class. …show more content…
So I began this class. When asking myself about taking Technical Writing, I just saw it as the "easy way out." Which can be seen in my earlier work in the class. Now as we come to the close of this semester I see it as a brand new learning experience. This class has taught me about proper writing and how to draft up ideas when I need to convey them more properly. This class taught me to look at my skills and find out my writing weaknesses and strengths. Which at first glance I thought I was pretty good at writing to begin with, but now I feel more confident in my ability to write an essay and other technical documents. With the task we faced in this class I learned more about who I was and how I write, which lead to a well versed writer in me. While in this class I took a lot of time reflecting on work I had done in the past and noticing mistakes or errors I made. This was not only for past papers I had written, but other programming I had
As a nursing major it is very important for me to even be considered for a job. Technical Writing class is a way for me to learn how to communicate effectively with others.
This course was the first course I took as an incoming freshman, as anyone could imagine I was scared and nervous at the same time. Also since it is a writing course; I was hesitant if I wanted to continue in the class because writing is very challenging for me as an immigrant. Returning from summer break, I found it extremely tough to continue where I left off with my writing skills from high school. The fear of writing that my old high school teacher instilled in me did not help my writing anxiety either. In contrast, I found that the professor and the course were not at all intimidating as I assumed, the professor took time from his busy schedule to help his students to further improve their writing and the writing topics were very stimulating and thought provoking. Composition 1 has helped me learn more about myself and my writing skills, which allowed me to further self-evaluate myself, find where I need improvement and become motivated to change.
This class made me face the repeated mistakes of laziness in my techniques, and created an importance to write what really needs to be said and nothing less. I had a very tough and intelligent teacher for my class in which he would not let laziness or anything but perfect slide. At first I was frustrated and lost, but after relearning how to write properly with actually needed content, I understand and appreciate his teaching. My teacher never forgot to call out any “fillers” I used out of bad habit and carelessness, in doing so changed the quality of the content that I write. Also pointing out the bad structure and overall messiness of my ideas and how they relate to one another, I gained valuable lessons on technique. I now write with purpose and intent with every sentence and within the structure of my papers, as well as spend more time understanding what I am really trying to say and prove. Without taking that AP English course and learning through my teacher that I once thought was too hard on his students, I wouldn’t be prepared for college or life in general. My knowledge now, that what you write should always be necessary to your point and how you write matters, I have reformed skills that will influence my resumes, college education, and even my career. I couldn’t be more grateful for what I learned and changed in that class and that I
Over the course of this semester I learned a lot about myself as a writer. This English 101 class has really allowed me to expand my essay structure and ways of thinking. This was my first college writing course and it has given me much more freedom when writing because in high school I felt limited and like what we were writing was not very important. In high school I would write essays to just to fulfill the required word or page count and to a degree I still feel like this but maybe that is why I am an engineering major but in this course I actually was able to express my ideas and for the first time really test the limits of my writing capabilities. I really enjoyed being able to incorporate my voice more in my essays and I believe that I developed my own personal style a bit from this. At the beginning of the semester my writing was quite choppy and there was plenty of room for improvement in the overall flow of my essays. Now, I use several different tactics such as outlining to create better connections between paragraphs. I believe I was able to move beyond many of the high school ways of writing and make general improvements to my essays.
In this class, I have learned many things. To narrow it down to three is difficult. I have never been the person to enjoy writing or literature, but I have grown to appreciate it during this semester because of the things that I have learned. During this semester I have learned to appreciate asking for help, that it is okay not to know something and fully understanding something is not just about knowing facts.
When I started this class my writing was very mediocre and did not have much length or detail to it. This class has strengthened my writing ability and made my writing more elaborate. I still feel as though my writing could contain more content and more detail about the subject that the writing is about. An example from my own writing would be “The summer before my senior year started, I spent all my time on the band practice field beside the high school.” This sentence is from my narrative essay, which was the first essay I had to write for this class. The sentence is lacking detail about what we would do at band camp. This class has made my style of writing change completely. I now write more about the actual topic instead of just trying to fill up space with pointless words that have no meaning to the paper. Writing papers for this class has made writing for my other classes so much easier.
For once he listened to me and went off to get it. People were gathering around again. Watching everything unfold. I was next to the boy, crouched down on the ground to reach eye level with him. His eyes were a dark shade of red. The need to feed was killing him, literally. His eyes were full of shear terror. He hadn't the slightest clue what was going on.
Writing has never been a favorite subject for me, but I am glad that I took this class because it has improve a lot on my writing, and researching skills. Knowing the fact that writing has always been a part in our everyday life, and so it is a very important skill to have. Throughout this semester, I have learned more and more about the process of writing a research paper. I learned how to pick an interest topic, to put my ideas together, and to produce an effective paper in college courses. I noticed writing a research paper is not as easy as it sound. For instance, finding a trustable source, and a legitimate research can be extremely hard. Like how I went across many websites, and have read many articles, most of them contain a lot of
My writing has really improved in this writing course. This course has slowly taught and is still teaching me how to not write like I am still in high school. I do not make as many grammar mistakes as I use to. I have become a better proofreader. I learned a process to creating a thesis statement that unlike my other methods actually worked. I also learned a lot about the mechanics of writing. But, there are a few of things that I do believe I crave the fortitude and ability to achieve, and that is what I believe I will acquire continuing at Virginia State University.
I feel this semester, only the first I will survive, was a successful one. I feel that one of the objectives of this class was to make us better writers and I certainly improved throughout this course. I have learned what makes an unacceptable paper and what makes a good paper, and what makes it easier to write a strong paper.
It’s an interesting question, and one that can be difficult to answer. Everybody will have his or her own idea of what makes writing “good” writing. This question depends on the individual experiences of everyone asked, and so it can be almost impossible to pin down a definite reply. In truth, there isn’t really a right answer, just a pile of suggestions and general opinions that are formed differently in every individual’s mind.
The way I approach writing has changed greatly over the course of this semester. In the beginning of the year I didn’t particularly like writing and I approached it with contempt. I would put off writing until the last second, which consequently made my writing less than par. I was also not confident in my skills in conventions. This class helped me start early and gave my confidence. To say this class completely overhauled my approach to writing would be a lie, but I will say that I have a tremendously easier time approaching a paper.
I believe writing is an extraordinary way of expressing feelings. The level of piecing together thoughts and putting them down on paper for others to read is an art in its own. Since I was a young child, I have incessantly journaled. However, my love for journaling came to a screeching halt in middle school. My personal desire to write about what I loved intertwined with the extreme guidelines and requirements that came with school. With this, came my slowed interest in writing. For years, I lost close to all interest in reading as well as writing. I would constantly question the true purpose behind essays and realized I spent more time rebelling than digging deep into literature. However, this all changed between my junior and senior year of high school.
When this year began, the sound of a writing class made my stomach cringe. In my first semester, I took writing comp one and was able to pass with a decent 85. I came out of that course with more strengths than weaknesses than I initially had. I was then startled when I was told that my career of writing in college wasn’t over. I had to enroll in writing comp two. I then prepared for the worse and became worried due to my feeble writing skills. Prior to the first day, I reviewed the syllabus to become more familiar with what I was about to dive into. I noticed that most of it was similar to last semesters criteria only more argumentative based. I went through the course and completed each essay. With each one came a new strength or weakness. As much as I wanted to be flawless, I was only able to try my best.
Working on the assignments about writing those technical documents, I have learned the framework of what they look like and how to learn and improve those skills. One significant improvement is my writing skills started to cling to a more professional version. Before I took the technical writing class, I only write the essay to express my idea or to prove and argue for something. And most of the time I wrote with and I – centered rather than an audience – centered mind. Then technical writing has changed that I – centered writing habit of mine. Overall, my writing has significantly improved on every aspect, but I have to practice, review and revise these skills more and more to make it a good habit for