All through high school and into my adult age, English has been my preferred subject when it comes to core academic class. Writing is not my favorite thing to due, as it takes me a very long time to figure out what thoughts I would like to put on paper. Structuring has always been a huge problem for me as well. Enrolling in this English class, I knew that there would be a lot of writing involved, therefore I mentally prepared my self for the challenge. The beginning of the semester was a bit difficult for me as I was not use to writing every night of the week. Although I am glad to say that the writing became flowing a bit easier due to the constant repetition. I was very glad that this course was composed of weekly blogs, as it was good to have assignments that weren’t as mandatory in structure. Certain blog assignments where easier than others as they were topics that I could relate to a bit more. I began to notice the effect that the blogs where having upon my writing. I began organizing my thoughts in an effective matter and was able to articulate my self with more success.

Another struggle that I have always had is providing feedback to others in regards to their writing. My thought behind it was that everyone has different writing styles and it became very difficult for me to criticize anyone for their style. With this class however, it was okay to provide constructive criticism to other’s writing. Making each individual response worth assignment points, made me inclined to be very truthful with that feedback as it depended on my grade. It is also pretty good to know that your feedback will help another student, that is going through the same struggles as I am, achieve a higher score in their writing. As far a the group projects, I believe the hardest assignment I had, yet the one I most enjoyed was the discussion between religion and the opinion in which is correct. As I had read the story about the Muslim religion, I found it very interesting to understand the true meaning of what others considered terrorist or suicide bombers. Aside from reading it from the text, I enjoyed having to type of my interpretation of the story and reading others alike.

Overall, I feel as if this course has allowed me to explore different styles of writing. The actual conception of a topic is still very hard for me to formulate, as it takes me hours to type something and actually like it. The only difference is that I have become use to having to type for an extensive period of time. Writing assignments no longer scare me after the large amount of writing that was required for this class.