Drawing Connections 

Over the course of this semester, I have written several essays that discuss the importance of writing in today’s world. I first wrote about how writing lessons need to be more intensely implemented into students English 1301 courses. I discuss the lack of passion that is absent in present students academic careers, and the lack of reading which has caused the writing process to lose its importance in students eyes. Through Professor John Pekins essay, “A Community College Professor Reflects on First-Year Composition”, he proposes an idea of a course redesign that will heavily incorporate a nation wide assessment of the English 1301 course as a whole, along with integrating critical reading as a vital part of the course. The purpose of a redesign is important because it supports the idea that strong writing skills are important in order to succeed in your desired field of study. 

I also discuss the importance of Discourse Communities I have been a part of in the past, and one I will be a part of in the future. I believe writing about the relation between my Drill Team Discourse Community and my future Film Discourse Community challenged me to think of ways  to connect ideas when writing because these two communities are so different. 

I believe a common thread these Learning Unit assignments share is that they pushed me to think critically and analyze either passages or my own ideas with more depth in order to connect ideas to one central theme. The idea that writing is not important can easily be refuted because it is prominent in everyday life, and I learned that because of all of the assignments I have been given, which pushed me to think out of the box, and connect ideas in order to efficiently communicate my ideas to a reader. I believe these assignments have helped me improve my writing process and understand the importance of finding a theme, and being able to back it up with evidence that accurately supports my ideas that I am trying to convey to the readers.