Last one...

I dreaded this class more then any other class this semester. If you ask any student at Purdue what their hardest class is, chances are it would not be an English class. I'm not saying that it's easy, but English comes naturally to a majority of students. But that's not the case for me. In math, one plus one has to equal two. In science, the trajectory of a canon ball can be calculated. To say that a paper can be written only one way is impossible. To say that we knew exactly what the author was thinking when he wrote a piece of work is illogical.

I can confidently say that even though my writing skills are not to the level that I would like them, I have become more confident in my writing. I'm not afraid to write a paper. The mistakes I make will always be there. My understanding of the English language is less then others, but I'm not afraid of that anymore. Once I start to write, I feel a passion to continue. If I feel someone wants to read my work, I become motivated to get my point out on paper, no matter how weak the structure may be. If I could take this class again, knowing what I know now about the English language, I think I'd happier with the grade I would receive.

I don't feel comfortable in talking about my teacher during this blog but I will say that, if I would have taken English with a different teacher, I doubt my confidence in writing would be where it is today. I wouldn't have found a teacher that would take an hour out of his week to work with me on the fundamentals if writing and the very basics of English. Did I learn every little rule to fallow when structuring a sentence, paragraph, of paper...No. But I stuck in their and learned the basics and when it's all said and done, I'm a better writer because of the time my teacher spent with me. The confidence I have in writing is at a level I've never had before.

My expectations for English 106 were very different from the actual class that took place. I learned things that, not only will help me in the rest of my life as a student, but my life as a person. I feel I am a better person because of this class. (Movies will not be the same, that's for sure.)

The only way I would recommend English 106 to incoming freshmen, is if they had Richard Severe as their teacher. I can't see any other teacher that would have the impact that he has had on my reading skills, writing skills, my ideas on society, and the thought process of my day to day actions. Where would I be if I had the English teacher who had his/her class watch movies all day, just to discuss what type of hero the movie portrayed? I can only imagine.