Journal Entry #1

                      

                      When I first learned that I was going to be taking an English class I thought I was being setup for immediate failure. I was never good at writing, nor could I even make a complete sentence. So I never enjoyed it. Summer semester of 2011, I had Mrs. Warren for ENC1101. I was very intimidated by even being in the class, but Mrs. Warren came to the rescue and taught me everything that I needed to know about proper writing. It was all taught at an even pace that allowed me to become comfortable with. We also had the critique groups that I really enjoyed, because the class got a lot of helpful information from them. They allowed us to go over our papers and get constructive criticism. It also allowed us to get comfortable with someone else reading our papers and learning from mistakes made before submitting them for the final draft. About half way through the semester I was to the point where I actually enjoyed writing my journals or essays (not so much the research papers). When the semester was rounding to an end, I could say that I was extremely happy and yet a little sad. It was a great class and learned a lot from it. And after all the fear of failure I came out with an A in the class. Now on to the ENC1102 journey I can’t wait to see what new challenges there will be, I am sure there will be plenty more to learn.