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Week 3 Blog

 I know that we talked about how we must write a paper on a book that we have read in the past and I was shocked to see that almost everyone did not like to read.   Even though I was that person not too long ago; I expected there to be a few people who enjoyed reading for fun.  Then I realized we are all here for the same reason, to improve writing and I think that writing and reading fall under the same category.  I did not begin to talk until about first or second grade, an even after that I was in speech therapy for a few more years.  I am not sure if it is because of that that I struggle with reading and writing, but I have also had a hard time concentrating.  It took almost 25 years to find books and topics that I enjoyed reading.     A few years after high school I started looking into different ways to better myself.  I found myself reading a lot of small articles about fitness and health that I would come across on the inter...

Second Week of Class

Writing was never my strongest skills, I can not even say it was a skill at all because of how bad I am with English.  This class has already opened my eyes to the small things I could be doing to help me achieve the main goal of being able to write properly. I do keep a writing journal that I have started a few years ago, and I write in it a few times a month.  I write anything from what I did that day, to how I was feeling, what I ate, my exercises, or anything that I think I need to start doing. With writing in the journal I thought that my skills would improve, but I soon realized that I did not need to write more, I need to learn the correct way to write.  When I write in my journal I use slang and I do not use correct grammar, which was a bad habit that I started.  Once I decided to start writing on a computer and have the computer help me understand the mistakes I was making, that made me want to go back and correct myself. It made me start to analyze my writi...

First Week of Class

So many thoughts ran through my head as I slowly drove to my first day of writing class.  I have never really been a fan of reading or writing, because of how bad I am at English. Then recently I started listening to podcasts and reading motivational and inspirational books.  In the last few months I have truly been trying to live the best life I can and better myself in any way.   After sitting in class on Monday night I realized that this class is really going to help me achieve that goal of thriving not only as a person, but more importantly as a teacher.   Knowing how much improvement I must accomplish, since I am not the best at writing, I turn to my boyfriend for any help and motivation.   If it was not for him pushing me and helping me out, I would not be able to even be attending Trinity.   I am very grateful to be able to be in this class and excited to take in everything I can from the class.         ...