End of Semester Reflections

     I find it incredibly difficult to comprehend that the end of the semester is fast approaching and final examinations are right around the corner. Over the past few days I have given a vast amount of thought to how my semester was and if my expectations were met in my experiences and courses. For English 1080, my expectation was heavily exceeded. In the past English was that one subject I dreaded to attend and I was never intrigued with the topics that were discussed. However, this semester of English was a completely different situation. 

     First of all the material discussed in this course was so much more interesting and relatable than the material in previous courses I have done. My personal favourite section of the course was the short fiction section, mainly because I have always adored short fiction. Each story takes you on a journey of vast exploration, full of varying ideas, themes, and perspectives. Furthermore the essay topics on short fiction were more straight forward to write about than other topics I had to unfortunately write about. The stories were interesting, inviting, and dynamic, the selections pushed boundaries and weren't the traditional bounded down and tamed pieces of work that school boards forced us to learn about. Honestly, I enjoyed short fiction before this course but now I love it.

     Along with this, the blogging component was amazing! It got me to write something each week and because of it I really feel as though I have improved and grown as a writer. Again the topics were interesting and relatable, making them much easier to write and elaborate upon and allowed us to be creative and explore our own personalities further. Sincerely I want to thank my professor Jonathan Parsons for letting me be creative and have freedom in the classroom setting and especially in English because in the past in seems that this was greatly frowned upon.

     Finally I would like to touch on the fact that I gained an extreme amount of insight on how to properly write essays not just for English but for any situation in life where good writing techniques are needed. My essay writing, I know, has greatly improved and I feel much more prepared for the future now when I need to write an essay for an application or assignment. So, to conclude, I want to thank my professor for an awesome semester and for his insight on writing techniques and the literary selections we studied. It made me understand literature and the writing process much better and at a much higher level.