An Introduction To Me

 

Introduction: 

Hello! My name is Allison, and I am currently a sophomore at Saginaw Valley State University. I am studying to become an elementary school teacher, specifically upper elementary. Currently I am in the process of taking all the necessary courses to be able to apply for the college of education. That is why I am enrolled in English 212, this course looks into the process of critical reading and writing as well as analyzing student and professional texts. As a teacher the skills being taught will be very beneficial as I will need to be okay with many people seeing my writing and I need to have a strong critical thinking basis. In my free time, I really enjoy baking and photography. I like to take photos of animals like my dog Cooper and take photos of nature or architecture. I enjoy exploring and traveling to new places, as of now I have been to 7 countries and about half of the states.

Reflection on my experience writing:

As I have been writing since I was young, I have amassed quite a bit of experience and skills over the years. However, I find with each class that is writing heavy, I improve upon my skills greatly. My favorite type of writing is the kind that is personal and just for me, like journaling. I enjoy just writing about my day or finding a prompt to delve deeper into my memories and think more about moments in my life. The types of writing that I have disliked the most throughout the years have been descriptive writings. Having to try and paint a picture in a reader’s mind is very difficult for me as I cannot visualize and see if what I am saying is a good enough picture.

Tools used when writing:

When I am writing I don’t use many tools. My writing process is very basic as I get a prompt and think for a bit on how I want to answer it. Then after getting my initial answer down, I usually will have come up with a few questions in brainstorming and look those up on google. After using google and the different websites for a while, I use Word to type out my answer. This is what I do for every type of writing, with the only exception being my journaling. Due to the personal nature of journaling I like to handwrite my feelings in a nice journal which motivates me to write most days. Being able to look online for more information has made writing easier as I am able to find additional topics to mention based on what I looked up.

Questions for the semester:

When I go into a class, I never have any questions because I haven’t had anything to provoke any feelings just yet. In the introductory class we briefly looked at what would be covered each class, which has made me excited for the course. I am excited to look into the analysis of handwriting and trying out book binding.

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