Reflection

Reflection

This semester certainly has been interesting. I started off dreading the blog assignments and videos, but as time went on I realized they were helping me just like all the other assignments. This class has pushed my limits as a writer and a reader.

The introductory video was such a pain. I hate being in videos much less introducing myself in them. To top it off my sound wouldn’t work. Even through all my waves of paranoia, worrying that I would sound like a narcissist; I found that it helped me get to know other classmates instead of them being a list of names in some generic font. I felt like I was in a classroom environment. Actually I had a classmate recognize me from my intro video at my work.

I was very uncomfortable with the blogs. I have never considered blogging and I feel writing is not my strong suite. I have learned to go with the flow with blogs and relax. I learned that blogs are just me talking in a sense. I doubt I will continue with the blogs, I still don’t see myself as a writer. The hardest part was finding links and pictures that I felt applied to the blog’s content.

Before I was very reluctant to write or put forth much effort. I found through this semester, with the books Cline chose, that I could relate more to the stories and get deeper into the stories. I definitely struggled through a paper or two but I overcame it eventually in most cases. I have learned to analyze literature instead of summarize it. Now I see there is a whole other way to look at a piece of writing. I really like the fact that we used fictional stories to focus on. That kept my interest and kept me wanting more.  My writing has become more developed and stable since English 101 (both times I took it). I now take my time to understand what I am writing about before I go on meaningless tangents.

I am grateful to have been in this class. It taught me a lot about writing and analyzing text. It definitely was so much more than just another online course.