Eulogy

This class has been something of an odd experience for me. Being a Journalism major has taught me to approach writing with a certain structure in mind. Composing clear and concise sentences. Using simple, yet expressive, prose. I have been taught how to manage my words on the sentence level. This class was more about the feel of writing. While this has been something that I have always been aware of and toyed with in my other writing pursuits it has been something outside the focus of my academic study. Approaching the feel and logic behind discourse was entirely refreshing for me. It reminded me why I decided to pursue a writing intensive major.

If I could make one suggestion to improve the course it would be this: reduce the assigned number of blog posts and increase presence of peer reviewed papers. While blog posts reduce the physical paper load of the class it does not foster the same level of writing analysis that the in class group sessions provided. Reading my words aloud to a group really helped me understand the flow of my argument and I could hear where my paper needed work.

All in all this class was an enjoyable writing class. While I did not always see the connection between lecture and lab, and often doubted any true synergy existed between the two I feel that I learned a great deal. Both teachers were enthusiastic and always had more to say than each day than the allotted time slot allowed.