If I were to give advice to a student taking this class next
year I would have a few things to say. First, and most importantly, do not take
it too seriously. You are not writing essays to get into an ivy league college,
there is no need to try and impress anyone. Be yourself and have fun with it. I
am the person who stresses out trying to make my writing perfect but this class
allowed me to just put to paper, or computer rather, whatever was on my mind. This
class allows you to think about what is important to you in your life and what
means the most to you. Do not worry about sounding stupid because it’s your
blog and your personality should show through, no matter how weird it is! And
if I am being honest, most of the class will not read all of your blog posts
anyway. Some of the posts overlap in ways, and by the end of the class you will
be able to see some aspects of your life you brought up again and again without
even realizing it. You will learn about yourself without even trying!
My favorite blog post was “Abstract Nouns”. For this post we
were required to come up with metaphorical definitions by comparing or relating
fifteen abstract nouns to some kind of concrete noun. An abstract noun is something that cannot be
perceived with the five senses, most of the time an idea or feeling. We had to
come up with fifteen of these abstract nouns and compare them to something
concrete that CAN be perceived with the five senses. Out of the fifteen
definitions I created, my favorite one read “Hope is a hand holding you tight.”
I thought this definition fit perfectly because it reminded me of one of the
blogs we wrote about being hopeless. The definition explains what helps us hope
again. When someone you love believes in you and holds your hand through it
helps you regain that hope. I liked this post because it was almost poetic. It
let each of us give our own meaning to very abstract ideas and show what each
of those things meant to us. It let us bring to life the pictures we have in
our mind when we think of those words.
When looking back at the blogs I posted
throughout the semester I see I had a lot of fun with them. My sarcastic
personality showed through in some and in others my more serious and deep side appeared
in writing. I revealed a lot about myself and had a lot of fun in the process. The
one most important thing I learned from the class is that writing does not have
to be a big, serious, difficult task. Like I said, I stress out when I am given
a writing assignment trying to plan what I am going to say. The fast pace of
this class and laid back assignments allowed me to let loose and just have fun
with it. I realized I am actually a good writer and I enjoy it when I am not
worried about what everyone will think of it. In the end, I have had a lot of
fun in this class and I have really enjoyed looking back on all my posts and
getting to enjoy all of my writing as well as everyone else’s. It was actually
really nice to kind of just relax my last semester and compile a fun blog about
my life instead of writing five page research papers!
