reflection / uoıʇɔǝlɟǝɹ

    Ah yes, English 102, I will remember you fondly. If not your lessons last the waning remembrance of an old man, truly your yarns of bodily fluids and woe will endure.

    Okay, I'm kidding.

    This course has been a sharp reminder for me to work on my writing every now and again. Having to switch from a normal summarize and opinion form of writing to analysis was certainly difficult at times. While I did wind up with a great over all score in the class, there were certainly some deep indicators that I did not have some of the skills I'm leaving class with, or perhaps I did, but they were quite rusty. Throughout the essays I managed a high C low B on the first, A high B low A on the second, and a solid B on the last. Of course this didn't adversely effect my grade, but the fact that I'm used to nothing but A's made it a stern reminder of one simple fact: I am not perfect scholastically. You would think that that would be a negative thing to realize, when in fact my mediocre performance in some of the content of this class -and one other this semester- served to rekindle my interest in school. If anything, it welcomed me to a world where I don't have to kill myself over scholastic perfection anymore. I found two subjects I was good at, but not great at, and I've actually learned something for having gone through it.
    In regard to the literary choices and content, I didn't find that I had to force myself to get through it. It was nice to have a class that offered content that was brief, and meaningful. I -personally- despise having to read stories I don't care about, with characters I don't care about, In a time I don't care about, doing something I don't care about. Then add in the pure magic of having to write a paper about such a story? Breathtaking, just marvelous. Unfortunately this has always been a necessary evil in the majority of my studies, but not this time, I got one -whole- semesters worth of one class in which I didn't suffer this. To be honest that was probably my favorite feature of the class.
The other thing I found I really enjoyed was the blog format. I always intend to go back and copy a few things of BlackBoard real quick before they shut it down and I always forget to. At least in this form, it's always available for me to go back and look at, even if I make it private (which I probably won't). Honestly, the focus on maintaining a blog -I feel- helps you maintain cogency with your studies as well. You can simply scroll down and read something you stated in a previous post, and you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with what you said only a week ago; based on the new information presented in the class the following week. Come to think of it, this was the first time that I've ever been able to so simply go through and look back at my work on any subject -ever-.
    All in all, this has been a great learning experience. I've sharpened up my use of punctuation again -sad how that atrophies when you don't practice- and also brushed up on several principals of writing. In the future, I'll obviously benefit from the practice, but I will also look at everything I read a little more carefully. That said, it's been a great year, I know it's not in the assignment, but I leave you with the most fitting graphic I could find on the entire internet. Have a great break, and good luck on all you set out to do.

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