I had my first writing workshop ever yesterday! Even though it was fairly foreign to me I actually enjoyed it. When I saw what I signed up for I thought, “this wont be anything new”. I attended the “Compare and Contrast Workshop. We compared different ads and I learned that comparing and contrasting was more than meets the eye. We discussed gender roles, female empowerment, and objectification of the female body just by observing three images. I enjoyed the topics we discussed and the various comparison techniques we learned. We learned how to use a Venn diagram three different ways. we learned how to a symmetrical and asymmetrical Venn diagram to compare and contrast the similarities and difference in the advertisements. This overall will help me in my first year at Baruch because I have to write a few comparative papers this semester. The techniques that I learned will actually make my writing process go by quicker and more efficiently. This will also help me in the future when I have to draw comparisons between three or more things such as three pieces of writing, images, or the combination of the two.
what seemed like a boring and simple workshop at first turned into something more deep and meaningful. Reviewing how to write a proper thesis statement was also one of the main elements of this workshop. I gained a few more valuable resources for proper thesis writing and added then to my repertoire. I enjoyed this workshop and hope to attend more in the future that spark my interests like this one did. Thanks Baruch for providing this valuable resource. I’m used to figuring things out as I go, but this really cut the work time in half of the assignment that I have due in a few weeks. As usual Baruch Academic help is there right when I need it.
