I expect to become a better formal writer when I leave this class. I hope that I will learn how to follow the structures better and be able to understand how to write formal essays. I prefer writing freely, such as short stories or something creative. Structural writing is boring to me especially when it's about something I'm not interested in. Research papers are my weakness. I know what I'm saying when I read my paper, but other people do not. It's a bunch of gibberish and when there is a set amount of pages I tend to just ramble on and repeat myself just to get to the expected amount. I hope I will learn tricks and tips on how to become a successful writer.
I've heard a lot of bad things about this course actually. Most of the people I've talked with failed because of portfolio. I think it's unfair that the professor doesn't grade them and some random people do. The reason I'm critical of this is because, they don't get to see the progress the student has made throughout the year and they don't know what goes on during class. It just doesn't exactly seem fair that random people are criticizing your personal work and deciding if you pass or fail just from that.
One thing that stood out to me in the yellow book was on page 8, someone said in high school they didn't write papers that included their opinion. I completely agree with that. I was told never to use the words "I", "you", "we", etc. in any paper! Now, in college, we can? It's hard to write this way now because I have to train myself to forget what all of my other teachers said in the past. But, I'm hoping this will make me a better writer so I can be successful in my career.
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