Final

In the beginning of the semester, I was a bit nervous about this class. I knew there had to be a lot of writing and I knew I wasn't at all a good writer. I was just hoping that I wouldn't get a professor who was tough and always had that serious expression all the time. Writing wasn’t in my category at all, If it wasn’t in my major I probably wouldn’t be here. My writing was bogus before I took this class and reading books, I had no experience whatsoever in writing. I would write but it was to whatever came to mind  and have just jotted it down, 5- 6 paragraphs, no proofreading done, I would hand it in and they’d give it an good, well that was when I was in high school.

            After being in this class, especially with Professor Smith, my writing somewhat did a 360 degree, I didn’t become a professional, but did I learned many new things about being a writer. The Professor had everything settled on what we had to get done by the end of the semester. He taught me to be more open to things especially when writing an essay. I’ve learned to always have enough details to support your main ideas, which I have never done before. Also having a thesis in your essay makes the reader have more interest to what you are writing and explaining. Even though I still get in the habit of not having a thesis, this class was  just the start of learning  to understand how a good writer is, which has me a more confident when I write things, especially when we had to write blogs in this class. It was actually a great writing exercise for me, learning and going back to the mistakes I’ve made and completely understanding what needs to get fix.

Our theme that we were reading about through the semester was about Fast Food Nation. Reading this book made me change my eating habits especially with fast food chains. I learned many things about the Fast Food world. Things I couldn’t believe and process through my head on how things got done with junk foods like McDonald, it may taste good but ever since I started reading the book, I haven’t had fast food products ever since. However, I am so glad I read this book; it taught me to eat in a healthier way and to see that the fast food society is just garbage.

I still have a lot to learn about writing, there was this saying my friend told me “You would always start from the bottom to get to the top” and writing is what is for me. Being in this class has shown my weakness, which was writing, and my strength was to never give up and to always look back at what I’ve done throughout the writings I have done in this class. I can’t express how much confidence I got during this class, it made it easier for me to writer more in my life. All I can say is, I had the great English professor.