As a writer, I look forward to using my writing skills in my academic career at Baruch. My intended major is Marketing Analysis and that will require a lot of future writing assignments including business plans, product suggestions, and documentation completed for clients. These writing assignments will be a great opportunity to gain experience in real-world job tasks. Being fluent in writing is extremely important because it is one of the main forms of communication. As a technologically dominated society, people are expected to communicate within their community and even overlap with others. Even outside of an academic setting or a work environment, writing is essential in everyday life. Pieces of writing are everywhere, the projects “Text on the Streets,” Layers, and Mapology taught me this concept. I believe that Ho(o)dology’s main purpose is to illustrate the concept; words are everywhere, in a subconscious matter. This class changes my perspective on writing and opens the idea to keep a keen eye on writings even in a casual setting, such as walking on the streets.
As mentioned, a technological dominated society heavily determines the growth of many writers. In this class, I have done research on the impacts of social media on future generations. Though I mainly depicted social media in a negative spotlight, there is still undisrupted factual evidence of the benefits of having growing technology. Many academic scholars and institutions incorporate technology into their systems. Though technology certainly assisted many people in their writings, there are cases where it does not. It is uncertain to foresee the benefits of technology on society, but it is shown to be a necessity at times. For instance, in a global pandemic, it would be impossible to attend this class offline. Technology has become a great asset to allow people, specifically Baruch students, to communicate with each other in hopes of improving their writing skills. Recently, my partner, Erin Bergin, sent an email to ask for clarification on their Mapology project. This action would be impossible without modern-day technology and would be difficult to find resources or assistance in an offline manner. In contrast to my retrace inward, I described myself as a person who lacked the ability to communicate with others. Helping others is typically something that I would not do. However, I decided to give detailed information and step-by-step instructions to help a fellow student. Knowing myself, in an offline environment, I would have given a short reply of “I don’t know.” However, it is because of technology that I was able to respond, instead of struggling to find my words to communicate properly. In a way, technology helped me improve socially, even if it was a small improvement.
My writing will grow based on my performance in this class. I really loved the message of this class and the meaning behind it. As opposed to a normal English class, it is actually practical. English class was never personally exciting, however; this class did not require us to spend hours reading books. The change in expectations was a nice experience to have.
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