1.
This year in English 15 I felt
that I have discovered myself as a writer. I never considered English and
writing a strong subject for me. I have never been a rather particular person,
but through this class I have grown in attention to detail. Most importantly, I
have realized the importance of adjectives in this class. I find that my
writing has transformed to be more descriptive. I am clearer in my writing and
the intention of each piece. I have found to look at writing and other essays
in a different perspective, and even find myself to be better at critiquing
other people’s writing. I have been able to distinguish between a well-written
essay and a poorly written one. Through this class I have even learned the
framework for a memoir, a descriptive essay, a criticism, and even heard some
poetry along the way. I never thought that I would ever feel comfortable
blogging to my peers. I lacked a confidence in my writing. I always thought I
would be judged for my style or my lack of a point, but I found that blogging
was something I actually enjoyed and grew to appreciate. Before coming to this
class, I did not know what ethos, logos, or pathos was. But now, I could write
an essay on any one of them in something as simple as an advertisement. English
class has made me a stronger and more confident writer.
Since this class is revolved
around the arts, I have learned to accept art and its various forms. I never
would have expected to notice the little things and appreciate them as art. Throughout
my writing this semester, I have seemed to relate everything back to what I
think is the thesis of this class: “Anything can be art”. I grew up with a family full of artists. My
grandfather was a famous political cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, my
grandmother is a renowned painter, my dad could even turn any doodle into a
work of art, yet I always thought of myself as artistically challenged. That
doesn’t bother me anymore because art is so much more than painting and
drawing. Art is all around whether it’s architecture, advertisements, or a
simple fashion statement. Looking back,
I was not looking forward to working with the “arts”, but now I found that I was
always underappreciating and misinformed of what the arts were.
Finally, I have found that I have
enjoyed writing more than ever. I feel that this class had so much freedom and
so much opportunity to succeed with writing. When I have the freedom to write
about whatever I want, I enjoy writing and I become more creative. I have never
been more proud of pieces that I have written than I do through this class, and
that is solely because I had the freedom to choose what I wanted to talk about.
In high school, writing was never fun. It was a tedious task of putting a
thesis with a book that I didn’t want to read or a topic I wasn’t interested
in. College has taught me to be responsible and make decisions on my own. To
me, that means being able to choose what to write about. Thanks to my English
class, I have rediscovered myself as a writer, and grew to enjoy the arts.
2. I have commented at the following places:
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3. I have completed my SRTEs!
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