Reflection

This course, PWR 340, has benefitted me greatly. I have learned alot about writing, especially nonfiction. The literature in the course was interesting and very informative when I wrote my own stories. I honestly don't like writting that much, actually not at all. This course was painless though. We got to write about things that interested us, and Prof. Emerson just helped us make our stories more creative. He never thought we had bad ideas and showed me that you could make a fifteen page paper about pretty much anything with the right structure and some creativity. I used to think that nonfiction writing was the most boring type of writing until this class.
Now I think that nonfiction writing is the most interesting and most carefully thought out type of literature. The structuring and research behind many of the pieces we read and members of our class wrote were well thought out. Now when I read a piece I find myself examing what the author has done with the piece- where they added research, why they structured it the way they did, what the themes were. Although sometimes board work was monotonous, I think it was the most beneficial part of class. It really got you thinking and analyzing the story until you exhuasted every angle of it.
Overall I enjoyed the class. Writing ifs definantly still not my favorite thing to do, but I enjoy reading more now that I understand how much effort goes into each piece. Thanks!

Snow

I hate the snow. I do nothing that involves the cold. I might snowboard or ski once or twice a year, but that's it. The snow stays around for six months. Thats six months of staying inside and doing nothing. Everyone is always sick in the winter time, probably because they don't get enough fresh air and are always freezing. Today it has snowed all day. The roads are terrible and even if you did have something fun to do on a terrible day like today, you would have to risk your life on the icey roads to get there. So basically, the snow is the worst.