Class Review

                I found out I had to take a Writing course when it was time to sign up for my spring semester classes. I wasn’t excited about it at all. I thought to myself “Wow I hate writing. Do I really have to take this class? I hope there’s not too much writing.” I don’t know what I was thinking though because of course there would be a lot of writing. I mean it is a writing course.  I was almost positive I wasn’t going to enjoy the class at all. I pictured myself writing every night and writing papers for a very harsh grader who would give me grades I didn’t like, but that wasn’t the case at all. I ended up genuinely enjoying the class and learning a lot. However, I do have some complaints.

                The writing prompts we had to do every class weren’t very fun because I don’t enjoy writing all that much but they helped me out a lot.  At the beginning of the semester I might have wrote for a third of the allotted time and now I can write for the whole 10 or 15 minutes like we are supposed to. This made it easier for me to be able to write my weekly blogs. Each week they got easier and easier. Four hundred words seemed like a lot in the beginning but now it’s practically nothing. I wouldn’t change anything about the weekly blogs and in class writing prompts except for the topics. Some of the readings we had to read weren’t exactly interesting.

                The reading part of the course is what I didn’t like. Reading is important of course but I didn’t find myself reading hardly any of the material. I rarely listened to the podcasts unless the title sounded interesting and I never even opened the textbook that was necessary for the course. I think that some of the reading material should be changed for something more exciting, especially the readings that were long. I can’t speak for everyone though, I might just be lazy.

                Overall the class was a success. I learned so much during class and with the writing conferences. I believe my writing has improved since the beginning of the course which is what matters. The instructor was excellent. The only problem I had with the class was trying to get myself to do the work that was assigned out of class such as the readings but I guess that’s my problem and not necessarily a problem with the course.