Walking into my first college english class I felt nervous and unsure about my writing skills. I knew that I could not write a fluent essay if my life depended on it. Feeling uneasy about writing I feared that I would end up with an extremely low grade in your class. I had a very negative mindset because after all these years you would think I would have learned a little something about developing a good essaay no matter what the topic. Even though I was very negative about taking an english class, in the back of my mind I really hoped to learn a lot of technique in order to be able to comfortably write an essay without hesitation. Ending the semester I can honestly say I have learned a lot about using proper techniques and style. I feel like I am a much stronger writer then I was at the beginning of the semester.
For so many years I had teacher after teacher criticizing my essay, but not really teaching me. Believe it or not in higschool I had an AP english class, but I felt like i never learned anything. I would dread presenting my essays because everytime i would do so she would tell me my essay was weak. As a teacher you criticized my essays,but at the same time you told me how i can improve it. All my previous teachers would just tell me everything that was done with my writing. You were able to provide me with new insight and confidence on the structure of a well-written essay. The difference between you and my other teachers is that you would not only tell me that my statement was biased, but you went the extra mile to tell me what exactly made my statement biased. My experiences in your class were for the most part positive.
At times i felt that our assignment like you said were completely pointless. Many of the things we did at home and in class were tedious and time consuming, but in the end it was all done for a reason. I realized that all these "pointless" assignments were what helped me get a better grade on all my essays. I really liked that by the time we had to write our final draft every part of the essay was already planned out. I knew what i wanted to write and what topics I wanted to cover. Would I would like you to do differently in the future is take away those homework assignment relating to stories that in all honesty no one actually read. There were not very many of these, but I remember that in the beginning we had to do a few assignments like that. Other then this I think that you are a great teacher and you make great connections with your students.
Overall I can say that my expectation for the class were met. I became more confident in my writing and I learned many new things. Thank You!
p.s. sorry for all the uses of the "I". That is what happens when you free write. lol :)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Children's Safety > Penn State Football
Okay, so the big issue people seem to be having in this case is that Joe Paterno was fired unexpectedly. People are saying he was a legend and that it was just wrong. It seems to me like these people are putting the reputation of the university before the safety of the poor children who got raped. How much sense can this possibly make in their minds? At least to me, Penn State football is of least important right now. The university along with the authorities need to get working on getting certain people fired and in trouble with the government.
It is evident that Joe Paterno was not the only one at fault, but seems to be a participant in the mistake he made by not telling authorities about what was happening with Sandusky and these children. This is all a domino affect gone wrong. One person saw a child being raped told someone else, who told someone else and so on. It is great that people were being notified of the situation, but the truth is that the wrong people were being notified. The authorities should of been notified of the situation right away. Can you just imagine how many children would of been protected from Jerry Sandusky if Mike McQueary would have put some thought into the situation and just told the police. Sandusky would of been in jail and those 40 counts he is being charged with would of been way less.
I don't seem to understand how all these people from this university thought ignoring the whole situation is the right thing to do just because they wanted to "protect" the reputation of the university. In my opinion the reputation of the university has been ruined way worst then if someone would of just called the police when they first found out about the rapes. Having done the right thing only Sandusky would of been at fault for his heinous crime, but after so many years not only is Sandusky at fault but so are all the people who knew about what was going on and did not say anything. The university has just lost so much trust from so many people because of this issue. It is clear that things should of been done years ago.
A law "forcing" individuals to report any wrong doing may be effective. Creating a law such as this one will make people think twice about keeping things to themselves instead of notifying the right people. With this law consequences will be enforced against any individuals who do not report these types of crimes. I believe that with the proper consequences this law has the ability to be very affective.
What do you think is more important, the protection of these children being raped or the job of Joe Paterno, who could be replaced?
It is evident that Joe Paterno was not the only one at fault, but seems to be a participant in the mistake he made by not telling authorities about what was happening with Sandusky and these children. This is all a domino affect gone wrong. One person saw a child being raped told someone else, who told someone else and so on. It is great that people were being notified of the situation, but the truth is that the wrong people were being notified. The authorities should of been notified of the situation right away. Can you just imagine how many children would of been protected from Jerry Sandusky if Mike McQueary would have put some thought into the situation and just told the police. Sandusky would of been in jail and those 40 counts he is being charged with would of been way less.
I don't seem to understand how all these people from this university thought ignoring the whole situation is the right thing to do just because they wanted to "protect" the reputation of the university. In my opinion the reputation of the university has been ruined way worst then if someone would of just called the police when they first found out about the rapes. Having done the right thing only Sandusky would of been at fault for his heinous crime, but after so many years not only is Sandusky at fault but so are all the people who knew about what was going on and did not say anything. The university has just lost so much trust from so many people because of this issue. It is clear that things should of been done years ago.
A law "forcing" individuals to report any wrong doing may be effective. Creating a law such as this one will make people think twice about keeping things to themselves instead of notifying the right people. With this law consequences will be enforced against any individuals who do not report these types of crimes. I believe that with the proper consequences this law has the ability to be very affective.
What do you think is more important, the protection of these children being raped or the job of Joe Paterno, who could be replaced?
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