Course Reflection...

I cant believe how fast this class has gone by! I'm not going to say that it has been an easy one for I have has my struggles but I feel like I have learned so many things!


I learned this semester that there are so many resources though the college such as the online tutor, what a wonderful thing! I have been going to school at Yavapai for quite some time and never even knew about it. I know that if I take future writing classes that I will definitely be using that for my papers and the feedback to help me make them more professional. 
The readings in this classes were amazing, especially 'Winter's Bone'. I enjoyed that story so much that I actually kept the book instead of selling it back to the bookstore. I didn't get a chance to watch the movie over the semester but I will have to make time to watch it over the Christmas break. The one reading that was hard for me was 'Bartleby'. I'm not sure if it didn't keep my interest or it if was because it was written in old time language but it was my least favorite by far! 
I'm positive that even though I tried my hardest to meet all the learning outcomes for the semester, I didn't so it will be an ongoing process for me. English is definitely not my strong point so I'm sure that I will have to continue to work on that throughout the rest of my life. I love to write but only for my own personal pleasure, not for a grade. I prefer poetry and stories, not essays and such. I will surely continue to practice what I have learned though because I'm sure I will need them in the future. 
My writing process has changed so much throughout the past 15 weeks, its unbelievable! I never though of myself to be an unorganized writer but when I got back that first essay I realized so much that I had to work on. I used that first essay as a guide for my other two and I watched my scores slowly raise. Also using the resources and tools through the college has helped me see where I need to improve and where my strengths are. 
The challenges in class were by far the essays. It was hard for me to think outside of my normal thought process. I am a literal thinker, I take everything for exactly what it is. I also never knew the difference between summary and analysis so that was also very hard for me. The first essay was a struggle, the second came fairly easy but that last one really got me. I had much trouble with the length requirement and not stating how I felt. I really had to take my take and make sure I used what I had learned over the course of the semester to do that essay to the best of my abilities.
Overall, this course was great! I learned a lot about my style of writing, the way that I think, and how to make myself better at using technology. Thanks for a great semester!

No Questions Asked- Blog Post # 7

I'm going all the way back to Blog Post 7 where we were supposed to do a tentative thesis for our second essay. Like all the other essays we have done over the course of the semester, I struggled but I actually did very well on this one. I must say that its weird going back and writing a thesis for something you have already done so I just used the paragraph I used on the paper! No comments necessary since the paper has already been graded. Just trying to get in as many extra points as possible before the end of the semester!

In the story “A Modest Proposal” Swift draws a conclusion that, “for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick.” (Swift, par 1). Swift believes that there are too many poor females on the streets with far too many children at their sides. He sees the mothers of these children as useless since not being able to work. Swift makes the suggestion to keep the children until the age of about 1  and sell them as slaves for the price of 2 schillings. Swift also proposes that he sells the small children as meat; stewed, roasted, baked, or broiled. This so-called proposal is intended at the Irish who seem to be over populating their country and not being able to care for them very well. Swift captivates his anticipated audience with the shock and awe factor. His use of satire and irony catches the reader’s attention from the very first line.