Throughout this fall semester I have absolutely had my ups and my downs. This class however, has really been a great experience for me. Going to a Catholic High School and college for my freshman year, I have never had an English class that wasn't very boring and excruciating to sit through. This class was different. I enjoyed this English class more than any others in my entire academic career.
Now I understand that this course was designed to not be like your regular literature and composition class, but I actually enjoyed it much more because of this. I also really liked some of the activities that we did, and acronyms that we have learned. Specifically, I really enjoyed learning how to write a descriptive scene and how to put more meaning into my writing. The instructional course that Prof. Mangini put us through on how to correctly use MLA format was very helpful. I did know how to write in MLA before, but this really helped me iron out all of the details that I had originally missed. One of our first activities and one of my favorites, was when we read "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway. I really enjoyed this activity because Sabatino read through it with us, then proceeded to ask us questions about the reading. At first, the questions were basic, surface level questions. Then, they got deeper and deeper. We then went back through the reading and he pointed out all of the hidden meaning in the writing. This was cool to me because I really had no idea that some authors include a lot of hidden meaning to work around their story. This semester was one of my favorites to date. This is a powerful statement but I really did enjoy this course. Last year, in my first semester of college, I received an "F" in my 100 level English course. From then on, I absolutely hated the subject. I wanted nothing to do with it, but after taking this course my views have changed. I would recommend this course to anyone who asks.
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Sabatino
12/11/2018 08:22:55 am
I am glad you valued our processes of learning in this class. I am also happy that your view of writing have changed in positive ways. I appreciate your contributions to our class discussions and group activities, and I look forward to our final conferences.
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