Objectives, Books and other things

In English 102 I have learned to Blog. I think blogging can be a very important skill to know. I plan on using Blogging in the future to remember things that happened and things I want to keep track of in life and more importantly in the workplace. I am happy that I learned to add photos and links to make my blog more interesting. I really appreciated having others read my blog and add questions and comments. Some people added ideas and I thought that was a great aspect of the blogging part of class.

I found the readings to be frustrating. They mostly are just not what I usually read and I read quite avidly. I’m not sure what I wanted from them, maybe more classic novels. On the other hand maybe that would be of less interest for a greater percent of the class. Maybe some part of me feels the loss of just enjoying a piece of work when it must be read and reread and analyzed and taken apart.

I am not sure according to the comments on the last paper that I really have accomplished reaching the learning outcomes for this class. I did however make good progression towards writing much more focused statements, acquiring skills for organization, selecting details, evaluating written information, and evaluating and analyzing writing. I enjoyed reading other students writings and trying to critique them and give them positive input that might help them in writing their paper. I also enjoyed knowing where everyone was at in the class and how they felt about the different aspects of the class including the readings and the blogging.


Analyzing book and movies was a new aspect that helped me broaden my abilities. Usually I read a book and see the movie and my friends and I pick apart what the differences were and what we liked or disliked about the both of them. This was great because it created a stage for really focusing on the why of the differences and basing a claim for why as opposed to just summarizing.

I feel my writing process has changed because this class has caused me to slow down and think about what I’m writing and really analyze what the reader is going to feel or think when the read my writings. I also work a crazy amount and I have learned to write a great deal of my papers in my head throughout the day and then commit them to paper when I have a moment. This is new to me as I haven’t in the past thought much about what I would write until I sat down to write it.

The greatest challenges in the class were learning all the technology for this class in particular and what it takes in general to take online classes. This was overcome but jumping in and just doing it. I appreciated all of Laura’s tutorials on line they were an amazing help to me. I also found the Yavapai college online tutorials to be helpful. I was very grateful for all the help from the online tutors as well. I felt they were very positive and helped me with great input for my papers.