Blog Entry #12

    I really enjoyed this class.  I’m not a big fan of research writing, but who is?  I feel that Marlen made this class so much fun!  He has an awesome personality and he definitely knows his stuff.  He’s well aware that research writing isn’t fun, as a matter of fact, it sucks!  If I were in any one else’s class I don’t think I would have enjoyed writing my paper as much.

I didn’t think I was nearly done with my paper, until Marlen told me otherwise.  I felt so relieved that I didn’t have to work on my research paper as much over break.  A lot of obstacles have come my way over the past few weeks, and they are all related to my paper.  My paper is based on the disease my dad was diagnosed with about 10 years ago.  Just recently, he was diagnosed with acute mylelogenous leukemia.  He’s just finishing his first week of chemotherapy.

All in all, I feel I learned a lot from this class thus far.  Not only from Marlen, but from my peers as well.  I’ve enjoyed reading the variety of topics of my peers papers.  I’m also looking forward to the creative stories we have to write.

Blog Entry # 11

I really enjoyed this course thus far.  I find Marlen to be humorous and very knowledgeable!  I have learned how to read other people’s writing without being entirely critical.  Which I feel is more important than reading critically.  It is essential to put yourself in the writer’s perspective and completely understand what they are trying to portray to the reader.  If you can’t do that, than the paper isn’t properly written.  I feel that there is more lee-way with the blog entries being submitted online.  Not that I’m complaining about that.  But I would definitely have them completed if I had to turn them in.  I hope to gain a better understanding of responsibility and punctuality out of this course.