When I first started this class my writing was on an average level, it was not great. And that is where I wanted it to be. I think that the reason my writing was not where I wanted it to be was because I really hated writing essays because I felt like it took up a lot of my time. I had always been hard for me to write paper it took me a long time to get started on them because I did not know what to write about. English has always been a subject that I did not like. I did not like writing essays. But after doing all the things we did in this class, blogging every week and writing all the essays we did really helped me improve on my writing. What I think that helped me the most in this was the peer draft review because I was able to see what types of mistakes I did every time I wrote a paper. With these peer draft reviews I was able to see that I was making the same mistakes every time I wrote a paper. And now when I write papers I am able to not make those mistakes because of what I learned from the peer draft reviews. I also am able to write papers more easily because of all the papers I did. I got used having a paper due every couple of weeks and now I notice that when I write papers I am able to write them a lot faster and without all the problems I used to come across. Over all I feel like my writing has improved a lot. I did not think it would improve as much as I did since is an online class. But I think it is all because of all the writing assignments that I had every week. I found myself doing some type of writing assignment almost every day. The first couple of weeks were hard for me because I was not used to doing so much writing for just one single class. This has really improved my writing and now I enjoy writing papers a little bit more than before. This class has been a great experience for me because this was the first online class I have ever taken and know I know what the online classes are like, so I will be prepared if I end up taking another online class in the future. I really did not think I was going to learn much in this class, I actually thought that this class was going to be really easy because4 I t was online. But know I know that these online classes are not easy at all. I am really happy with the way I write now, I feel more confident when I write papers now. Before I would be worried about doing well on my papers, but now I am sure that I can do well when I do papers.
I read your comment on my blog and I am glad that someone else feels the same way I do. I also agree that my MLA has improved a bit, and my favorite assignments we had to do were the PDR's also. I guess I am a little more confident as well when I write papers now vs. when I was in the very beginning of this class. I, too, thought this class was going to be easy (or at least easier than it was) becuase it was an online class. I was wrong, of course :). I don't necessarily think that this class was challenging as much as it was stressful because there was so much work to do. Oh well. Only one more week left! Anyways, English was never my favorite subject as well, and it still is not. But Yeah I do agree with you that my confidence has gone up as a writer, and I am glad that you can see your improvements and continue to grow as a writer!
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