As the semester comes to a close, I look back and think about all the things that i have learned and accomplished. I learned how to bring rhetoric into action. I learned to look deeper into the arguments of writings, movies, and the world around us. Everything is an argument ready to be examined. I also learned how to bring my point to the center of attention in a more direct way. English was always my strong suit over mathematics or sciences, but I still was never really good with it either. English 015S helped me realize that Penn State has a ton more art and rhetoric than most people would think. There were blogs and pod casts that were talking about it being the number one party school. I am not ashamed to say that i did not even know that. 

       For me, it is never hard think of subjects or topics to write about, it is just hard to get them on to paper the way I want them to. Like when you picture yourself drawing a masterpiece and you picture the finished product in your head but once you make the first mark on the page, you realize that it is so much harder to take things from your brain to the page. This english class has taught me how to do that a little better. I enjoyed the enthusiasm that was brought to class from everyone because it adds to the atmosphere helping me feel at ease and welcome to share opinions. 

       Something else that i have gained more knowledge on is the way to look at the world. You see papers and magazines everywhere, pictures and books, even movies and tv shows. There are always arguments. Whoever wrote or created the things that they did had a reason behind it. It is fun to think about all the reason why.

       I look at myself before, coming into english class from high school, where most of the things we learned about were authors and citations and looking at peoples work in order not to steal it, and then now where we are actually looking at peoples work to find the reasons why they did what they did. It is more creative and i find it personally more refreshing and easier to deal with.

          When it comes to writing essays, I am not the greatest I will be honest. Once again it is hard for me to strategically order the paragraphs in ways that are easy to follow and that the audience wants to stay tuned. I have got a better understanding of how to word things so not to confuse the reader. One thing that I especially took away from the class was that you do not have to use big words to impress anyone. I sometimes used to try and sound more educated so that I would gain some ethos, but in my attempts to sound more studious, I probably confused people more than anything else.

          I enjoyed English 015, it taught me a lot of liberal arts tips that I am sure I will be needing in the future.