Strengths and Weaknesses

         My friends are excellent writers. They both know what to say, use correct grammar, and have excellent structure to their essays. My friends and I are very different. Expressing their thoughts on paper comes naturally to them, but it takes a little more thought for me. When it comes to writing strengths I feel I am better with knowing what information I want to say. I can research all day because I am determined to make sure what I say is correct information. 

          A weakness I am definitely aware of is my organization skills. I know what I want to say in my papers, but I do not know when the correct moment to say things are. My thoughts become scattered all over the place which makes it difficult to get A's on my papers I write in school.

          After taking this course, I really hope I accomplish four specific goals. I first want to accomplish better organization skills. I know what I want to write. I just do not know when it is the right time to talk about the information. During Summer Bridge at Loyola my thoughts were scattered everywhere. I had all the information, but it was completely out of order. Once something popped in my head I wrote it down no matter what I was talking about before. 

         Also, during this course, I really want to achieve better grammar skills. Grammar skills, for me, are hard to understand. During the years at Chapelle, I never actually understood when it is truly appropriate to use a comma. I sometimes use commas whenever I feel there is a pause, which is not necessarily right. 

         In addition, I want to be able to do a better job of expressing what I want to say. I know what I want to say in my thoughts, but my thoughts sometimes do not make sense on paper. The work either does not make sense or it does not sound interesting. Most of the time my work sounds very straight forward, and I would like to learn how to pull a reader in.

         Finally, I wish to just be a better writer and feel prepared for college writing. I am scared that I am not up to par and I will fail my essays or easy writing assignments. I have heard so many scary stories of writing essays in college or on finals. I want to be able to but my mind at ease with the help of this class. Starting with the basics of writing is not boring or stupid to me. This course, I feel, will help me calm down enough to organize my thoughts, correct my grammar usage, and just be at ease when I write. I do not think a little bit of review could hurt anyone.