Overall this semester I thought that my writing was decent. I really learned a lot this semester about detail and how important it is in my writing. I thought that I had a good balance in my writing when it came to detail but I learnt that I need more to support in my ideas and really show the reader instead of telling them. It has always been difficult for me to adjust to a teacher’s particular style of writing and just when I thought that I had a good understanding of what I am capable of writing I am pushed to the next level or just simply another style or approach to improve. Going into the semester I didn’t know what to expect as it was a different English professor at a totally new institution. Throughout the semester I have felt that I have grown stronger as a writer. Before attending the class I didn’t even know how to write properly with MLA style writing or for that matter even know what it was. I had never been taught MLA before; however I now know and understand the basics of the writing style and I can now enforce it in my writing in the future. A part of the class that I really enjoyed this semester was writing blogs and commenting on other students blogs. It was a place where I was able to write creatively, while having a lot of fun doing it. Throughout this semester I have grown as a writer and have learnt a lot of writing techniques that I hope to apply in my future writing.

Blog (Response to David McGowan)

Its true that the media is filtered by the government and that what see on the news and TV is in a way censored all by the same source. I totally agree with this statement in a way. It’s funny how the USA is a country that has freedom of speech and everyone is allowed information and they can have their own ideas and thoughts about what they are presented with, but still Americans are in some way kept from all the information that the news presents. Although I also agree with the fact that some pieces of information do not need to be shared with the public, either for a victim, or viewers sake. Not everyone needs to know the tiny details of every single case that the news presents. Also all the different news stations are shaded with propaganda and advertisements, which is why I don’t really every watch the news, because I know and agree with McGowan’s statement that the “media machine that has become, for all intents and purposes, a propaganda organ of the state”(world as a text 561).