This class over the past semester has been interesting to say the least. I remember coming to class and being super intimidated while also being annoyed by the fact that I had to take a writing class. I hated writing. Ever since high school I had been told that I was a failure at writing, and what's funny is that no one teacher could ever tell me why. They'd just write marks on my paper saying unclear and fix this while all the while it would seem like they favored other writing styles and papers over mine every time. The thing I hated about this was that no one could ever guide me. I never learned anything new about writing. I just wrote how I'd always written.
In Writing Analytically though, I feel like I've learned to like writing more and more and I've learned how to write in better ways. It seemed as though the textbook we had and the papers posted online, and all the classes full of discussions about writing really helped (at leastt I hope this is refelcted in my writing). I've learned to look at writing in a different light, and that when I'm writing I need to choose an angle that I prefer or else it can be not so fun to type something up. It feels that I can finally look at a writing prompt and not think "Oh hey, this is gonna suck." I can actually think about what I'm going to do, sit down and type something out, come back to it, and get it done instead of dreading writing the entire way through.
Thanks for this Dr. Reitmeyer! Your class has been a pretty great one.
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