Self Evaluation: Language and Writing
This past semester has been an "interesting" and educational experience. I defiantly feel that I have grown as a writer and learned many new styles in which to undertake my future writing. Before this class, I thought that I was a pretty damn good writing. I had done well in High School composition and felt like I had a handle on this thing they call writing...then I came to Wesleyan. That sounds a little grim but I was dumbfounded when receiving so many writing assignment in the first semester. Each one had different requirements and sourcing style. From the rigorous structure of a lab report to the uncharted style of a free-write, I defiantly felt lost. As the year progressed I grew more confident in my writing and this class helped alot because it taught me, as cliche as it sounds to "think outside the box". The class taught me new writing style sand theories and opened my eyes to the massive spectrum of writing. I now feel more confident in my writing because I can adapt my own style to coincide with varied styles to create a truly unique piece of literature. Though I am not sure when I will be incorporating Content/Form style into my lab reports, I am sure I will use it again sometime and I defiantly scan for it in the books and article that I now read. That is another great thing about the class is that it has not only educated me in writing but also reading, as the two do go hand in hand, I now can look for the rhetorical argument in a sports journalist's bowl game article or the logical fallacies in a politician speech. Overall, I feel that I've grown as a writer and became a more intellectual reader.
-Jeremy "always late" Brozek
