This semester my English Composition 1 class gave me a different outlook on writing and the subject in general. In particular the way the professor, Sabatino Mangini, required us to approach our work was different than the way I was introduced to in high school. Throughout high school i dreaded my english classes because I never enjoyed writing and I wasn't particularly good at the subject overall. When it came to papers I often struggled with writing it because i never knew how to get my words and thought out on my paper and making it sound scholarly, which lead me to not caring about the work as much as i could. Our first formal assignment was a life choice memoir. Being 18 years old I looked at the project as a Huge life choice that I didn't think I made yet and it made me on edge about the paper and I could tell if was going to be a drag for me, and I felt I wasn't going to be dedicated to my topic. One of the earlier days of doing the paper we had a set time in class to just write. The writing didn't have to make sense or flow like a normal finished paper would. We had a word count and a time frame to make and that was it. For me that was such a reliving and helping process. After we took this approach in class it has changed my outlook on papers and my writing. I use this idea almost all the time now because I can get my thoughts out add in more information, and clean it up. After writing my thoughts about a possible life choice that I thought was a big enough life choice I started to at scenes and build from my thoughts during class. I am also in a smaller group ALP that is right after english comp 1, in the class we just catch up with each other and make sure we understand what is going on in the class before. In the ALP class it was a requirement for us to all read our life choice memoirs to each other. At that time I was nervous to share my work because I didn't believe my topic was life changing enough and I didn't think I was a good enough writer for my paper to sound ready. After reading my paper to the class the thoughts from the other people were a lot more positive than I anticipated and for me it made me more confident in my work and it made me look forward to reworking it and making it better. Another great part is during out time to write he wasn't right on top of us about what we wrote and how we wrote it. He met with us one on one and read the work and gave us good feedback on it to make our work better and to me that helps a tremendous amount because it allowed me to experiment more and learn at the same time on how to revise your work. To me this English Comp. 1 class had an impact on me that I think I can carry with me through my college years.
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