Professor Cline,
I'm writing you this letter to check in, fill you in on my weaknesses and strengths thus far in class, and to tell you my goals for the rest of the semester. First of all, I have REALLY struggled in this class. My time management skills have been tested to the brink, with buying a home, moving, working, and full time school. Perhaps that is life, but I've been thrown a lot of curve balls all a once and have been struggling to keep it all together, schoolwork getting the brunt of the chaos. Let's just say the month of march has been a tricky month for me. I've also really struggled in citing my work. When I put my thoughts and ideas into an essay, then am told I'm plagarizing, it's confusing and frustrating for me. I know I need to really work harder on correctly citing my sources, even just thoughts and ideas. That has really been a struggle for me. My greastest strength in this class has been effectively managing a blog and doing well on all my blog posts. I really enjoy free writing, where I can express my mind freely, without the stress of using MLA properly, or having a perfect thesis.
The readings we've had thus far have not been my cup of tea, however Winter's Bone was really the least of all evils for me. I can't say I didn't enjoy that book because I did, and I enjoyed how it made me more aware to the problems in our country. I think Winter's Bone affected me by opening my eyes to the drug problems in our country and the poor children who have to live like that.
For me, literary analysis is a lot different then any other writing I've done. I can't say I enjoy that style of writing because, like I said, I enjoy more free style writing. Literary analysis is especially hard when the piece of writing you're analyzing is very hard to comprehend.
My goal for the rest of semester is to better manage my time so I have more focus in this class. Also, I hope to better my citation abilities and work on that so I never plagarise in any way. I've never had an intention to do so, but for me, citation is so confusing. I really hope to improve in that area, and hopefully pass this class so I can be done with college english classes so I can get my fire science degree. Thank you for your time and patience in dealing with me this semester!
V/R,
Kyle Audis
Kyle,
ReplyDeleteEvery single thing that you said in your post I relate to. Time management has been really difficult for me this semester, due to my procrastination that wasn't necessary. Everything that you said in each paragraph are my thoughts exactly. The books aren't books that I'd normally read, but I learned a lot from Winter's Bone. Great job.
-Taylor Ivie
Kyle,
ReplyDeleteJust like you managing my time to get the assignments done in this class has been rather difficult. I've always been the best at procrastination!! Ever since I can remember. No matter how many times I tell myself no more, I still do it. As far as citations go I have a hard time as well. I'm always having to call up my little sisters that are still in high school asking them if I'm doing it right. It seems like no matter how many times I do it I still don't catch on to it. Keep it up though, you'll get it!!
-Teghan Stults
Kyle,
ReplyDeleteI completely understand the problem with time management. This class has been very time consuming for me as well, especially with all the reading this class requires. The type of writing in this class is very challenging for me as well so I understand that too. I think that literary analysis is one of the most challenging types of writing I've ever done and we're the same in the fact that I absolutely love freestyle writing. Citing can be a very challenging thing for me as well and although I have done it in all my high school english classes as well, I still don't completely understand it. Good luck in finishing up this semester strong! We're almost done!