Saturday, April 28, 2012

Me, Myself and I [Self Evaluation]

I can honestly say my writing has improved from being a lot from being in English 15. I have always been a strong english student so I thought this course was going to be a piece of cake. I soon learned that this English class was not going to be as easy as I expected because it forced me to look at my writing on a closer level than I have ever done before.
This semester I learned a lot about editing my papers. The peer reviews we did were very helpful because they gave me another perspective on my papers. They also helped reveal minor mistakes that I may have looked over. I also learned to use all the resources available to me on campus. Going to the writing center was helpful because the more eyes that review your paper the better. Also going to office hours and talking about minor concerns I had about my writing clarified many issues for me.
My favorite writing assignment we had this semester was the memoir unit. I liked that unit the most because it helped make my writing more clear and precise. The memoir made me focus on one specific situation with depth, which was harder than it originally sounded.
The other units like the visual analysis and the research paper we had to do also helped me focus on specific details. I learned that it is more effective for me to write specific about one issue, than trying boldly covering over many issues.
I think this course sharpened my writing skills tremendously.
The cultural events we had to attend were a nice aspect to add to the class. The events I attended were two events I would have attended anyways without the assignment. It was still nice to see how many cultural opportunities Penn State has available to the students. I think that it is important for all students to attend cultural events because they broaden your mind and help you look at life with a different perspective.
I also like writing a blog for this course because I enjoyed reading the responses my classmates had on different things. Although we are all about the same age we come from different cultures, and towns so we all have different opinions on everything.

2. http://stanceinthearts.blogspot.com/2012/04/talk-that-talk.html#comment-form
http://fedappolon.blogspot.com/2012/04/take-care.html
http://dependsonthewind.blogspot.com/2012/02/depends-on-wind.html
http://ajf5302.blogspot.com/2012/03/at-psu-we-know-how-to-party.html#comment-form

3. I completed my SRTE.

1 comment:

  1. I feel the same way that this course has definitely sharpen my writing skills and also the cultural event were a nice twist to the class.

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