Thursday, December 3, 2009

WB Post 5

Dear English 110 Students,

I just thought I would give you a few pointers to succeeding in this first year writing course. First off you need to come into the class with an open mind. When I first heard what our subject was, (Televised SciFi: A Modern Mythology) I thought it was going to be the longest quarter of my life. I honestly had zero interest in SciFi and thought that it was a bunch of BS. I am really interested in sporting articles and anything that has to do with sports. As the class went along, however, it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Granted I still am not a very big fan of SciFi, but I did learn a lot about it.

Another thing that I would suggest is to not procrastinate. When we had to write a blog about an episode, I found it much easier to either write it as I watched the show or to write it immediately after class. They weren’t not only the easiest to write, but also the best blogs that I had. If I chose to wait until 11:30 to start writing them, I found myself forgetting what the episode was about.

Overall, I thought that this class was a lot of work but really easy. If you keep up with all of your assignments and don’t fall behind, you will be perfectly fine. I wish you good luck and hope you enjoy the class.

Sincerely,

English 110 AU 09 Student

3 comments:

  1. I completely agree. I didn't think that Science Fiction would be interesting. But I also didn't realize that my love of Star Wars really was a love for science fiction. And that so many themes in the shows are so relatable to real life.

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  2. I absol. agree! When you say come to class with an open mind, because when we first started out I was a complete reck! Just the thought of scifi made me nervous because I didnt like it at all... but the more shows we watched the more interested I became. And now I catch myself giving every scifi show on tv a chance :0) Funny how things change, huh!

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  3. I totally agree that you should enter the course with an open mind!

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