Sunday, December 12, 2010
This semester with Keith Brown in W 131
As I read the first sentence of my fellow classmates' blog postings they have all said that they have learned a lot, or so much. But, I feel I have not only learned how to write differently. I have experienced how to write differently. I experienced different ways to portray my opinion without being too outspoken and still having the other side of the argument in mind. In high school it was all about book-report style writing. You read the information given to you and write a summary or about how much information you contained. But in W 131 we were taught how to write with our opinions and others in mind. For me this made things more difficult because after writing book report papers for four years straight breaking that habit was difficult. I really had to sit and think about how I wanted my paper to appear to the reader. One big thing in W 131 was brainstorming. Luckily I had done a lot of that in high school but I never knew how it would end up helping me write my papers in college. By brainstorming I was able to take the ideas that I had flying around my head and put them on paper. Then I was able to organize them and add more to each thought. So W 131 I did more than just "learn a lot" about writing; I experience a different way to write papers and how to show your reader a two different sides to each topic without favoring one over the other.
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How can it be that every student who participated in W131 came away with a profound, life-changing experience? That is pretty incredible to think about -- at least it is for me. And learning by doing, only to realize that high school experiences were really useful!! I understand how happy you seem in your writing progress, but I cannot help but feeling disappointed when retrospectively considering mine. So much time I spent in high school sitting in a desk, learning nothing, just waiting around. I stopped caring about learning and now I find it difficult to find a place to begin again. I am happy that you learned so much in W131, but how will you continue to find purpose in writing outside of the classroom? Are you planning to take another class or will you practice your new-found skills on your own -- seeing them as profoundly as you do now?
ReplyDeleteI have learned a lot too, I can't really explain it but I feel I have become better writter and I actually enjoy W131.
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