My name is Ashley Angelo. I am the oldest of three. My hometown is Canton, Ohio. I love playing sports, especially soccer. I am currently a senior majoring in Computer Science here at Ohio University. My experience in English 151 was pretty good, it wasn’t a hard class. As long as you wrote all the papers you were supposed to it wasn’t hard to do well in the class. By far the worst part of that course was being forced to read the book Cion, which I found to be quite dull. What would make that class better is if we would be able to write more about subjects that interest us. I hope to be able to do well and get an A in this course, but every time I have to take an English course I always worry that I’ll struggle because I don’t consider myself to be a good writer. I find it to be especially hard for me to come up with coherent and well flowing thoughts. And a big part of my problem is I always procrastinate because I find it quite difficult to start my papers, it’s not too bad usually after the first or second paragraph, but it’s difficult for me to start writing. For some reason because of this I find the only thing that helps me to get the first few paragraphs and then the whole paper is having the time crunch of having to get it done before class the next day.
Ashley,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing some things about you, your experience with 151, and some of your worries about the course. I think the way we see ourselves as writers can influence our writing so it's important that you attempt to see yourself in a positive light. Hopefully I can help with this by pointing out what you're good at. As far as procrastination, I'm sure most undergrads and a lot of graduate students do it. But I think the more we wait to write, the more our writing will suffer. I'm taking a class right now where I'm trying to write a little every day. Think you'd be up for trying something similar? Come to class every day. I won't let you procrastinate because we'll always be writing and working on the essays in and out of class. Also, I hope your background in computer science will help you feel more comfortable in this class, esp. with the first assignment (which is so tech-heavy). If you find yourself catching on quick, take some time to help others in the class. I need people like you to help me get everyone on the same page. Welcome and good luck!