Blog #1

Coming into college, I really feel that I am about to enter into a whole new world of writing. Although I had some very good high school English teachers, I do not believe that any amount of my high school writing fully prepared me for writing in college. The writing that was required from us was all generally the same. Most of my papers were all designed to explain something, or to present different sides of an issue. Teachers never wanted to see our own opinions or have us pick sides in our papers, and we were never really asked to analyze anything either. We might have had to provide information about someone else’s analysis, but then, it was just explaining their research.

Thus said, I am very excited for this class because I feel that it will broaden my writing ability. I think our paper will be a great first step in helping me to gain a better feel for writing with different objectives. I am excited to see where I will take it, but it is a little daunting for me as I have never done anything like it. However, I find it intriguing because we are actually required to analyze how a certain issue is portrayed or written about. Before this assignment, I never thought too much about that aspect of the media, but now I realize how much word choice and presentation can make a difference in what an article, video, or image is trying to say.

I am also interested to see how my writing will adapt throughout the course as we are required to write for various audiences. I believe that it will be very good for me, and it will help me become more comfortable in adjusting my writing style for different situations.