What do I think about English? ...Writing?... Not a big fan. Reading?....I would love to.
Through the years as a younger student I did not like English class. Writing was my worst enemy. In time though my ideas of English class became more positive. I finally figured out and became aware that if you didn't write you couldn't do a lot of things in your everyday life. As a freshmen at Ohio U I am looking forward to my English 152 class. I have become more fond of reading books. Not books that are under 100 pages, but lets say novels that express the meaning of life, comedy, biographies of the greats, and disasters. Reading can put ourselves in another persons shoes. I can picture exactly what the characters are doing. Novels can help us dream of the impossible and let our thoughts flow of what there could be. When reading I always want to relate to someone in the novel. Reading and writing can help us enter our imagination through the telling of our lives. As humans we have so many examples of what we can write. Family is probably the easiest idea to write about. Our family is 24/7. Our family will always be our family no matter what. We can write about our family and how they compare to others. We might have a dysfunctional family as we see it but to someone else we might just have an ordinary life. Family is part of who you are. You are considered family to a lot of people. Family is not common it's the way of life.
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Amanda,
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you're excited about class and about reading and writing about family. I think you have some good ideas about what a family is. I'll be interested to see the ways you're able to be specific about statements like "Our family will always be our family no matter what." How do we change in relationship to our families?
Again, I always encourage reading posts outloud. There are somethings that are a bit repetitive here that you could tighten up. I know I didn't give much time :-)
I look forward to seeing how your writing progresses this quarter! You have a good writing voice that will serve you well.