A Reflection on the Not So Distant Past

Looking back at the beginning of this class, I see the writing of a girl that just wants to get the assignment done. I see nothing more than bored rambling and something to pass the time. Now, when I reread my more recent ramblings, they seem… deeper. More thought out. Like I can put down my thoughts in a way that I couldn’t before. I believe that my biggest success for this semester has little to do with my writing itself, I mean that as grammar, structure etc. and more of what Ms. A commonly refers to as our fluency. Even in my other classes I see that writing my essays and getting my thoughts down comes easier and much clearer. Failures, on the other hand, mostly center on anything that deals with something I am uninterested in or anything that is research based. I much prefer creative writing and things where I do not have to cite facts. In college this will probably become a bit of a problem and it’s something that no matter what i am going to have to do and even do well. As writer I believe that I have both changed a lot and not much at all this semester. It comes quicker and my typing itself is faster. I feel more confident that I have the ability to write great things of I put the effort into it. The prompts that we the most helpful to me have been the ones that make me think. That make me really want to make me explain my thought process. The ‘easier’ ones that had to do with food or sports I kind of rambled on and they held no particular value to me. They were just assignments. However, for example, my thoughts about the Oath of Harati by Jaques David really made me look at the painting in depth and think. While I have to admit this has been the most unstructured, fun, and laid back English class that I have ever had the pleasure to take, it has also been the one that I learned the most about myself. I am going to miss every one of my classmates and our lovely instructor, Ms. A.