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As this class comes to an end, I have really learned a lot. I have never taken an english class like this one and I guess I'm used to the traditional writing on certain topics and having no choice but to write about stuff that doesn't interest me. This class turned out being in a way kind of fun. (Not that school is fun in any way, but you get my point.) I got to write about stuff that interested me, my favorite sports teams, what was on my mind, letting my emotions come through in my pieces.

I have never written more then three pages for a paper so when i read how we would be working on a 5,000 word essay I didn't know if I could even do it. When we wrote the two other shorter pieces that were about 2,000 words each it actually was pretty easy. I just sat down and would just write until I couldn't think of what else to put it in because it is your own writing and ideas. You're telling the audience your perspective on the topic and how you feel about it. When it came to the final paper, I knew exactly what I wanted to write about and had a good feeling about it. I wrote about an athlete who had caught my interest, so i tried to portray that for other people to read, and I wound up getting a good grade on it.

This was one of the more interesting english classes I have taken in my college career. I enjoyed reading different sports articles and writing my own like I was writing in a journal or a newspaper. It was never a hassle or hard work because it was all on what I wanted to talk about. Some of the articles we read in class I did actually like reading such as the article on Bill Parcells and Jon Cheney. They were both very interesting and I did connect with both of those pieces. Overall, I think this class made me a better writer and I wish more english classes were like this one.