Senior Final

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!