Blog #2

During the first week of class, we were put on the spot to write about an experience in life dealing with issues of learning how to read and write. Although we had some time to prepare for this before we had to write it in class, it was hard to write a paper in an hour. Having English as my second language has always given me more challenges in writing. I do consider myself a good writer in terms of spelling and punctuation. When it comes to writing papers, it always gives me a hard time to fill in the space. I can write an introduction, but when it comes to writing the body of my paper, I don't know how to write down and express my thoughts.
This essay was not a hard subject to write about because the main focus were ourselves. It just required a lot of thinking and traveling back in time through our memories. I really enjoy writing because writing is everything in life. That's one of the ways that humans communicate. It expresses alot of things. Let's focus on books for a moment; there are books for everything including cooking, for fun, to learn something new, or to give advice on life challenges.
If I had the chance to write this paper over, I would take it without hesitation. I would keep the base of my paper the same, but put more thought and express my feelings deeply to make it more interesting to the audience. Even though I do think english class is a bit hard, I have learned alot these past couple of weeks. I feel more confident in my writing skills and now when I have papers for other classes, I think to myself I CAN DO IT!
Like I mentioned earlier, I really enjoy writing because it expresses our feelings or we put alot of effort in the subject we are writting on. But I do think that it would be more successful if we don't have to write on the spot. Some people like myself, need a couple hours to read the subject, meditate and come up with the information or how to write our paper in an orderly fashion.

Blog # 1

I used to think I was good in writing until my first year of college. It was nothing like high school, teachers treated us like adults and they acted like humans themselves. These couple of weeks from English class have changed everything I used to know. There are many different categories we have to analyze when working on a paper. For example the point of the essay, the audience it's targeting and the stance of it. Whether you may just be writing a shopping list, a letter to a friend/family member or writing a 20 page essay for college, they all share the same goal; it is done for a purpose and to get a point across. From grade school to high school, our essays consisted of five paragraphs. Now I know it should be composed of three parts; intro, body, and conclusion in order to have our readers wanting more. These are not difficult aspects to keep in mind when writing our papers, they will only help un-wind and make it flow correctly. Another thing I was never taught was MLA Style. We were able to write what we found in books or research on the web with no worries. Now everything has to be cited, even the smallest ideas we borrow from other authors. I still find this difficult because there are occasions in which articles do not have an author or some have more than one. All this information is very helpful because I know this is only the beginning of a long journey!

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