SUPA Writing 105 has been, by far, one of the most interesting and informative classes I have ever taken during my school years. I knew I was going to get a lot from this class early on, but I never knew how it would impact me until reflecting back on it now. My first and greatest impact from this class was early on in the year when we were writing our college essay. My topic was really important to me because it was something that I had never talked about before; but seeing the look on my peer’s faces when they read it made my heart melt- and the comments and kind words they used to describe my writing is something that I will never forget. It taught me that you don’t always have to go into full detail for the reader to understand the story and that it could still have an immense impact.
I have always loved the freedom within the topics of this class. I have always had a hard time composing a piece of writing that required a set topic- but in this class we had things to pick and choose from and we were often able to choose things to write about that we felt strongly towards. This helped me open my eyes and even educate myself more on topics that I did not know a lot about beforehand. Learning about the danger of a single story is something that I never heard about until this class and it is something that I bring up frequently. Learning about the danger of one side of a story, and not getting all of the facts correct is harmful in any way in life. Learning about this topic in class helps me make sure that all of my sources of information are credible and factually correct in and out of the classroom.
Throughout my whole life I feel like I have been taught to look at the bigger picture. Whether it was in or out of school, we are always told that we never know what’s going on until we take the time to understand. Something that we did in class that oddly challenged me was the New Yorker Covers and I will never forget it. Our task was so simple: Pick a cover and state what you see in the picture. The facts. Don’t make anything up that you do not know/see right in front of you. For some reason, I think that assignment was the hardest one we have done all year because we are so frequently told to think out of the box that when we need to do simple things, it’s difficult! This assignment oddly helped ground me. It helped me realize that I do not always have to overthink everything and make things up that aren’t there.
Though this specific thing that impacted me is not an assignment, it is something that came to mind immediately when I started writing. Using Blogger has been a really nice change and has been something really calming to me. Writing my work and all of my thoughts and having it posted to a safe place where it can simply be read and not judged has been something that has really helped me all year. Even if I wasn’t confident with my work because I was confused on the task at hand, I didn’t worry because of how much I felt okay with it. I have always loved that I could see my classmates work during class and that I could comment on their work and encourage them to feel the way I did about this site.
My overall most favorite part of this class was when I realized my love for personal finance and wrote about it for our Argumentative Essay. Though it is a strange topic to be so passionate about at this age, I do feel very strongly about it and being able to spill my feelings and facts on paper that I found and experienced felt so amazing. I loved that I was able to write about something that I enjoyed so much because I found that it was easier to write about and I didn’t struggle with it.
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