For your first response, I would simply like for you to share your reaction to the first reading assignments (the ones that are due for class two). Did you feel nervous or excited after reading them? Whatever it is that you felt, please explain why. Your response should be four to nine sentences long.
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After reading them I feel excited. I really agree with “writing is a process, not a product.” I still remember when I was first grade, my composition was only 20 words long. Then, third grade I learned about similar and metaphor. In middle school I learned about how to write a emotional story. In high school I learned the skills to write correct thesis essay. I took year and year to learn about writing but I never think my writing is prefect. Writing is affected by people’s life experiences. As our life keep going, writing should never end
Based upon the reading, I am nervous to take this class because writing is not my strongest skill and it typically is not an activity that I enjoy. Although, I want to overcome these challenges to develop the necessary skills of becoming a better writer. It is reassuring that there is a writing center that I can use as a resource for guidance on my writing. I also believe it is a great idea to have peer review instead of relying on a teacher or professor constantly for advice.
After finishing the reading, I feel nervous because I am not good at writing. I am afraid that I cannot complete my studies well. But I know that is the reason I choose that I choose this class. I will still do my best to participate in class and earnestly complete every homework to let my first year of college life become wonderful.
After the reading, I feel both nervous and excited. Feeling nervous is because I always struggle in my English studies and writing. I always don’t know how to start when I get writing work. Feeling excited is because this class will help me to improve my skills. The school also provides many different resources to help us. I would like to spend more time learning how to read, analyze, and write. I believe these resources will help me a lot for the rest of the year.
Lunsford’s Everything’s an Argument introduced various perspectives I previously had not considered. When I first heard I was taking English Writing I imagined sitting in front of my computer repeatedly reading 100-page texts. Yet, I learned I was not going to bore myself to death like I thought. Learning to read, write and speak through this class is going to be much more exciting than I had anticipated. In this class we are going to be focusing on critical analysis through research of the text. These ideas will become the building blocks of my writing. In which I will apply the tools I learn from critically analyzing texts to better my writing.
After completing the First Readings I felt more confident in my self, and in doing well in this course. Reading and writing being one of my weaknesses, I was super nervous about my reading and writing heavy courses. But, after reading about the many resources provided for students to help with their writing, and how the goals of ENG 2100T is not to bombard students with readings and essays but to help and guide them on better expressing their thoughts and emotions on paper and teaching valuable skills that will be well needed throughout our college career, I am now assured that I have the support and that this course will prepare me for the future. Reading about the many services provided by the Writing Center, I believe it will be a great tool to use for all of my classes. And the “Assignment Sequence” section of the reading showed how everything done in ENG 2100T is connected with one another, and how information and skills gained from each assignment will help with future projects. Thus, knowing the goals of this course and the resources Baruch provides its students, I am more confident about succeeding in this course.
Before reading, I felt lost and nervous, not nervous of the reading but of being lost. The feeling of being lost was gone after reading the first couple pages of the textbook. It is if I had exhale the anxiety that had been building up in my body. I was informed of the styles of writing, though it would be constant practice, it feels mandatory to learn this skill because is applicable in many situation. However, this feeling of a skill being a necessity for every day life makes me determined to develop the skill even more. I feel even more confident knowing that there is tutoring and help at every corner. To conclude, I felt better knowing that there is a plan to improve my writing skill and my way in communicating in a more expressive way.
After reading the first assignment, I am thrilled about this course. On the first few pages, it gives me an overall-view of what we are going to learn and why are they matter. I am not an excellent writer so writing isn’t my strength. Even though writing is not my strength, I never afraid of it. School and English Department provide so much assistances to back me up in varous of aspects. Just like what the book says, “Writing is a process, not a product.” Enjoying this process is the best way to sharp my writing. I can’t wait to get start!
After reading the first reading assignments, I feel excited. I’m the kind of person who has difficulties express my ideas and thoughts in words or speech, but the funny part is that I also like to share my opinions with others. Therefore, people sometimes have troubles understand me either is by my writings or by speaking. I strongly would like to improve my writing skills “during the act of writing itself” as what it says in the reading. Although the process of improvement might take months or years to see my change, it will be fun if I do part of the process with this course and with you guys.
I felt little exited and nervous at the same time. I am nervous because I always had trouble writing and reading. I am exited because while reading, it brings me brand new style of observing new things and it is showing me more opportunities to embrace difference insight of knowledge. I found it is a lot more useful while reading and analysing. Also I am agree with some part of the text where it says enjoy writing as a process. English learner like me sees writing as a really difficult task but now I think enjoying it and learn while writing is also important.
At first I was resistant to English writing. While writing in my own language can be a lot of fun, language barriers make English writing very difficult to me. So I don’t have any confidence in this area. But after the reading, I found that this class gave students clear goals and plans to make writing learning more organized and detailed. I think it’s going to help me to improve a lot. I also hope that with the help of Eng 2100T, English writing will become fun and easy for me.
After reading the first assignment, I am very excited for this class. I have a better understanding of the course and I am confident in Baruch college to teach me the necessary techniques to enhance my writing skills. The reading also gave me a heads up on the course and what to do and not to do to succeed in my academics. In addition, the breakdown of writing in a professional manner, gave me a clearer look at the advanced writing aspects of the course. To recapitulate, I am very excited to expand my writing skills during this class.
Upon reading the letter from the writing program director, I am anxious as my writing skills have much to improve. However, I am thrilled to seek new experiences and expand my knowledge on becoming a better writer as I strongly believe it would help me improve my writing abilities. I feel like I have more obstacles to overcome in the near future as I am lacking the skill and confidence in this field. Although writing isn’t in my strengths, I believe Baruch’s English Department would make an excellent job at providing me with resources that would enhance my writing skills.
After reading the first assignments for class two I am not going to lie I do have a hint of nervousness due to the fact that I do not think I am the best writer. However, knowing that in this class it won’t be so much of an isolated environment when it comes to learning is actually great. I do not have the most confidence in my writing ability but I do however trust that this class will help me build that. I feel excited as well. The help is what I believe I needed. Writing has been one of my struggles but with right building blocks and concrete foundation from what I read this course will make me reach heights through writing and reading I have never seen before. I am excited!
When the class first started I was feeling very anxious since my writing isn’t very good and many of the times my mind would just go blank due to the pressure of not knowing what to write. But after the reading I realize that I’m not the only one and that this class is meant to help me enhance my skills not make me feel worst. Knowing the fact that there are also plenty of help I can get from outside of the class such as the writing center and workshops really encouraged me for this course.
After reading I felt delight and excitement at the same time. I understand that it will be difficult for me, because I am not strong in writing and reading. However, I believe that this class will help me overcome my fears and in general will improve my English skills. The good news that this class is designed to help get stronger and have more confidence in yourself and my writing and thinking abilities. I’m glad that I chose this particular class.
Before reading, I felt nervous because writing isn’t my best skill and sometimes I am stressed by assignments that require a lot of writing. However, after reading, I feel relaxed and excited. Now I’m sure that I am here to get help to become a better writer. There are a lot of opportunities in this class that I can use to improve myself. I’m most thrilled about the fact that we will go through several drafts before writing the final paper and that our professor will help us during each step. In high school, I didn’t have this opportunity and I believe that it can teach me to be more critique about my work and to trust in the process of rewriting. I like the message from the book that it is ok to have a bad draft at first because rewriting it over and over again will help to make something worthwhile.
After finishing the first reading and after knowing there are multiple resources that help ESL students I feel more relaxed but still feel a little nervous. In page 14, “Composing as a Process” section, “Think of this class as an opportunity to become a better writer through the
process of writing itself” really inspires me. I’m always consider myself as a bad writer and I hope this class can improve my poor writing skill as this sentence explained. Through engaging with this whole class session, I believe I can make my words not so monotonous.
After reading the first assignment I am both overwhelmed and also motivated. The amount of time and effort I will need to put in in order to get my writing to be satisfactory to my own standards will be tough, but given all the resources that Baruch provides I think I’ll be able to submit more than satisfactory work by utilizing all the help and resources that are provided. Writing hasn’t always been my strong suit because I never know how to put my thoughts together properly so that I like it, but I know with the right amount of time and effort I will be able to do so. The message this reading leaves us with is very inspiring and motivating to put the best effort you can into your writing no matter how long and hard it will be. It motivates you to dig deeper in your writing rather than mediocre surface level writing.
After reading the first assignment, I felt motivated and less worried about this class. I think by taking this class, I can become a better writer. I like how Baruch has numerous resources for students to help them get feedback on their writing such as the Writing Center. Furthermore, I like how this class focuses on writing drafts along with the final copies. In my previous classes, my teachers only cared about the final essay. I think by focusing on the essay drafts as well, it can help with time management as well as help us organize our ideas and thoughts.
Before reading, I was worried that Eng2100T does not weigh as much as Eng2100. When reading I was ensured that Eng2001T and Eng2001 weight the same but have a different pace. After reading, I feel less anxious knowing that there are different places I can reach out to for help, such as the writing center, and how this class would benefit me greatly for my future writing. I am excited to be able to expand on my writing, however, I am anxious about having class online. I am worried that I will not be as organized as I would be if this were an in-person class.