Final Blog for English Comp

Now that the end is here.  I look back at the term and I am happy with how well I did throughout the class.  I did the best I could every week which is all I have to give.  I feel these English Comp classes have definatly improved my writing skills.  I will take the tools that have been presented to me in both of the classes and use them in my future papers that I will write.  Just as long as I do my best I have nothing to be ashamed of.  But then again I am my worst critic!

The end is near!!!

I just turned in my final project, and I am still on pins and needles.  I tried my hardest on this paper, and that is all I can do.  I am very proud of how it turned out.  I just hope it is what is expected of me.  The only thing that I didn't agree with was being introduced to the abstract writing the week the paper is due.  I think that it should have been presented to us in a earlier unit so that we could get some feedback on it before we had to turn in the final paper.  But all in all I am very happy with my work.  I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Unit 8 Discussion

This weeks discussion question did have me sitting there biting my nails trying to figure out how to reword my paragraph using the paramedic method.  I sat there for a good hour trying to figure out what words to omit and which ones to put in.  I now know why I don't want to be a writer when I grow up.  I know I do not have the patience for writing.  But I have enjoyed gathering the information.  I also enjoy reading other peoples writings.  I didn't do to well on the discussion for last week and I feel a lot of that is due to the fact that I don't like to critique anothers work when I am not comfortable writing and disecting my own. 

Final Project

As the clock counts down to the final deadline I notice that I get more nervous.  I am my worst critic,  I just try to do the best I can.  But having two papers due at the same time makes me really worried.  I actually had a nightmare where I turned in the papers into the wrong classes.  Next week I plan on submitting my paper to the writing center to let the experts check out what I have and point me in the right direction.  I want to keep my grade point average the same it has been on my previous terms.  So wish me luck!

Post Outline

Wow, it seems when I am finally catching up to how to do this whole writing process something else comes in and makes it a little more confusing LOL.  I am still keeping up with my standards and trying my very best so as long as I keep doing that I will not get discouraged or be disappointed with myself.  I understand that this is all a learning process and I do embrace that.  So the more challenges that I face the prouder of my achievements I am.

Prewriting

This week we had to work on our prewriting skills.  I practiced with informal outlining and freewriting.  What I liked about the informal outlining is that it shows me what needs to be put into my final paper.  This way I don't forget what needs to be added into the paper.  Then with the freewriting style I enjoyed being able to just write and not really worry about grammer, spelling or punctuation.  I just wrote whatever came to mind.  I am still a litte nervous about the final paper but I know I will do my best.  As far as the blogging stuff goes I don't really find a huge need for it.  I don't expect to use this once I am done with school.  I never really got into doing things such as a journal. 

Citations

Now when it comes to citations I always question myself if I am doing them the proper way.  I am still learning about this whole APA standard of writing.  And everyone keeps telling me that it will get easier.  I hope this is true!  If anyone has any pointers please share them with me!  Thanks