I must say that this class has certainly been an experience. Until now, all of the summer classes I had taken were online. I feel like I get to know people better in these intensive classes instead of the typical 45 minute MWF.
Prior to this class, I had never made a resume or cover letter. So, in terms of a challenging assignment, essay four was it. It is interesting to think about how much work somebody puts into a resume and how quickly HR (or whoever reads it) glances at it and files it or shreds it. The meticulous planning and design must be perfect in order to impress and land an interview. Your resume has to be better, cleaner, and more impressive than the next person's. Writing skills are extremely important--and a good cover letter can show employers that you can speak eloquently.
The workshops I believe were extremely successful. My Writing II class utilized this style too, with similar results. The essays came out better and students learned more from the instant feedback. It's also good to get a draft back with some revisions sketched on it from the person you are sitting next to as opposed to the teacher. I thought it worked well then and it worked similarly now. I believe that all writing classes should use this structure.
I will actually miss this class. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:45 to 1:15, I will have a little void in my heart. Well, probably a little later since I enjoy sleeping in (as you can see from the time). I enjoyed myself much more than I thought I would and I met a few people that I hope I will keep in contact with. Since there are about seven aviation majors at the school, I'm sure I'll keep seeing the same people over and over again. I'll at least know their names now, and that's important.
I also must mention my amazing new ability to criticize every mailing, notice, and flyer I come across. While going through my mail, I now notice things like font, color, alignment, proximity, et al. These fools obviously didn't take English 201. I will not make the same mistakes as them.
Thanks for the memories,
Seth
Seth
ReplyDeleteOnce again a very insightful and enjoyable post even as Prof. Fink's sarcasm detector reached over 9000 http://bit.ly/mUdP5I. I concur that in this course we got to know our classmates really well because of the amount of work we had to do together, for better or worse, mostly for better.
The workshops were brutally honest which in the beginning I took a little too personal but they definitely helped me with my assignments after I got over the beginning sting of someone letting you know that the work you spend hours on wasn’t up to par, but far from it.
And like yourself the lasting effect that this course will have on me is me being really critical of technical documents I will encounter in my life.
It is amazing how many poorly designed documents flood our lives everyday. You will never fall in to that trap.
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