My Writing Experience

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This quarter has been amazing for me as a writer. Not only did I heavily enjoy the class, but I feel like I have grown both as a writer and as a person. I have had many difficulties writing in all of my scholastic life and I would like to thank you for being the teacher to help me get through them. On the first day of class we did a small self-reflection where we wrote a little bit about what we saw in ourselves. My greatest strength was talking to people, but I never had the confidence in myself until I met my girlfriend. My greatest weakness was perfectionism, because my biggest struggle as a writer was erasing my entire work because it sounded wrong. Lastly, my goal for this quarter was to aim for a 4.0 although it seemed unrealistic. Through …show more content…

Writing wasn’t about a set structure to follow or a heavy focus on the guidelines that I tend to stress so much over, rather it was all about joining a bigger conversation. By looking at writing as a debate, it allowed me to put my voice forward in topics that not only interested but also inspired me. It allowed me think critically, analytically, and argumentatively about my topics and gave me the opportunity to form my own personal ideas on major topics. Mindful breathing allowed me to calm my nerves and clear my mind to write openly and honestly about topics without being distracted by the harsh realities of life that gnaw at everyone. The rhetorical strategies of pathos, logos, and ethos allowed me to make much stronger arguments that would resonate with an audience much better than a boring fact filled paper. Using all the strategies that I have learned over this quarter, I have been able to turn my writing stage fright into a rhetorical performance of my own ideas. This new skill set will be sure to help me in the coming years of writing for school and work in the Information Technology …show more content…

By reading mindfully and maintaining a quiet, comfortable and focused environment I have been able to deeply think about my reading assignments. Where this shows the most, I would have to say is my Triple Entry Journal blog entry for Sherry Turkle. Triple Entry Journals are a simple format for critical writing where one takes a quote from a text, summarizes it, and then responds thoughtfully. In the attached blog entry, I completely disagree and argue against most of Turkle’s arguments but by carefully analyzing the text I figure out that the shift in timeframe allows a shift in thinking. While Turkle was wrong about the prediction of the the present, she and I both agree on the fears of the future going

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