Previously, I have had lots of writing and reading assignments, so this class was no different. During the course of this class, I’m not sure whether our writing assignments have improved my writing or not. The one thing I do know for sure is that my typing skills as well as my reading skills have improved tremendously. I have also learned a lot through my fellow classmates. They pointed out that I tend to repeat things over and over and suggested that I should be more organized with my thoughts. It is very easy to spot other peoples mistakes, but hard to spot my own. One can never say that they know everything. Each writing class is different and you learn something new every time. This course has also shown me that there are so many different ways to quote. It was very confusing, and didn’t realize the various ways to tie things together thru quotations.
There is one thing though that I am truly grateful for is the appreciation for blogging. Prior to this course, I was almost positive that blogging was extremely stupid and had no interest at all. I couldn’t understand the concept of people spilling their guts in a public format. I was astonished that blogging can be used in many different ways as this class has shown me. I have started to actually enjoy writing my thoughts on those random topics in our Music and Culture books. Regardless of those topics I was able to enjoy what blogging was all about. I feel it gave me another way of expressing my opinion. Not only was I enjoying writing my blogs, but I was finding myself waiting to read the comments from my fellow classmates. When I didn’t get comments I was very disappointed. Blogging for me was a great learning experience and has enhanced my typing skills as well as my way of expressing myself.
To my surprise, I would have never thought that this class would help me with my typing skills. I used to hate typing because I was really slow, now I can type pretty quick, or at least quicker. Regardless of its actual speed I am more familiar with the keys; I tend to look at the keyboard less often. Who knew that blogging and our writing assignments would bring this out in me?
In the beginning I stated that I didn’t know if this course has improved my skills, but now I can say that it has. I learned to enjoy new things such as blogging and truly enjoyed reading other peoples work. Reading before was not pleasant, but I am pleased to say that I take pleasure in it now. It was always because I had to for one reason or another. I am more conscious of my strengths and weakness. I am truly amazed that I have opened up to new ways of expressing my opinions through blogging. In the past I was not comfortable going over other students papers, but now I am very confident and have overcome this fear.
I agree with you are saying because the blogging was very helpful to me also. I felt that it was a needed exercise for this course. I think it is important to express your opinions on certain topics to see who else feels the same way. Or simply to see what others have to say. Its always good to try out new things. That way you learn what your interests are and what your dislikes are. I can agree with you on how difficult it was to quote because of the different ways that it could be done. I did, however, learn how to block quote. That was the easiest for me. I think this course has taught us to improve our communications skills and to be able to approach people more. I’m not so afraid to learn what others have to say about my work anymore. I feel that it actually helps me out in the long run. It helps to have others review your writing because they are bale to catch mistakes that you probably over looked. I especially liked the way that blogging allowed us to point out our thoughts and concerns. It was very easy to complete, assignment wise.
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