Hello All! So this post is more for me than you but I just wanted to share something a little bit personal about how this class (My English/CTW course) has effected me.
All throughout elementary school and middle school I LOVED writing. I mean seriously, I absolutely adored it. In the fifth and sixth grade I actually thought I wanted to be an author when I grew up. However, as i got older and my fun creative writing opportunities turned into research papers over subjects I didn’t care about, my passion for writing slowly shifted to a hatred. I was constantly getting bashed on by teachers by writing to casually and not expanding enough on “my ideas”. I hypothesized that I’d never actually been a good writer, I just thought I was at the time because I was young and naive. However, throughout this course I have come to a realization: good writing requires passion. 
During this quarter, we have been allowed to research and write about the topic of our choosing. Being an avid feminist and also social media user I thought it would be cool to combine the two topics and study their effects on one another. As you guys have seen throughout my posts that idea has developed an evolved to my final argument: that social media has increased sexual pressures on young women and deteriorated the value of actual relationships.
And guess what… I LOVED writing that.
While many students complained that this project was a lot of worse I enjoyed every second of it, as i had completely forgot what it felt like to write about something I actually care about. And once the passion was there everything else fell into place. Not only do I think that this class has made me a better writer but it has reminded me how much I enjoy the act, and that, even after I finish my English credits, I should never stop writing about what I care about.
A special shout-out to Professor Lueck- Thanks for reminding me that writing can be fun.
