post 10

Last class we wrote as our warm up a reflection of the class overall.  So I figured I’d add on from that and keep talking about the class.  I knew going into the class I wasn’t this spectacular writer to any sense of the word.  I am terrible at grammar, I’m horrible at spelling, and honestly, when I try to put my thoughts down on paper they come across very choppy.  Even I know that when I write.  So I was really nervous about the class.  The only reason I was taking the class was because I need it to become a teacher.  I’m stuck in the English area of teaching because what I really want to do is become a TV production teacher in high school but my advisor talked me into switching into English because I’ll have a better chance at landing a job.  So my expectations for the class weren’t very high to begin with.  The thing I enjoyed most about the class though was the fact that even though I’m not an award winning writer like I think some of the students in the class have a chance to become, I still felt like I could contribute and follow along in the class.  My grades aren’t exactly what I want them to be but I have to go with the flow.  I also think Dr. Morris is a wonderful professor and I’m not saying that just because you’ll be reading this.  I truly believe you wanted to help us become better writers, or at least better thinkers, and that is a lot more then I can say about some of the other professors I’ve had so far at Kutztown.  Anytime I needed help you were willing to help me out and you gave me good feedback on what I was writing.  I know I have a lot of work to do with my writing but I feel this was a step in the right direction.  I enjoyed making videos and things of that nature in my TV Production class in high school.  I liked trying to come up with the most creative shot that I could when filming something.  The more and more work that I do with creative nonfiction the more and more I see a similarity in the two.  The different styles of writing that we read throughout the year  and the way that they were told were a lot like the different ways I would try to show different scenes in a video.  I thought it was really cool to look at it that way and I’ve never really looked at writing that way.  It’s all about telling a story the best possible way.