My name is Casey Voorhies and I am from North Richland Hills, Texas. I am currently a junior Nutritional Science major at Texas Christian University. Although this course is required I would like to get a better sense of my writing skills so that I am comfortable with everyday writing. Also one of my roommates, Meredith, is an English major and when she writes she can communicate so beautifully on paper. She is able to communicate her feelings directly from her mind to a piece of paper, sometimes more clearly on paper. I would like to be able to more accurately and clearly communicate my feelings in written form. Whenever I write I tend to become overwhelmed with different thoughts and ideas. I would like to be able to sort through all my thoughts and piece them together cohesively.
My experience with writing begins, of course, in the classroom. Throughout my life I have attended private schools that emphasize writing knowledge and skills as well as writing here at Texas Christian University. Transitioning from high school to college, along with other college students, I filled out several college applications that require one to sometimes three essays. In addition to my normal class writing, now in college I have used my writing skills in order to email professors, prospective jobs, friends, and family. Along with emailing prospective jobs, the writing of a résumé is a very specific writing technique, which requires detail and tactfulness, not always natural to some. Another aspect of my writing occurred while studying abroad last spring in Florence, Italy. I sent a weekly email to friends and family back home about my travels and experiences. I tried to incorporate as many details and descriptive words so that they could understand and be better familiar with my travels. I tried to engage my readers in the sights, smells, and encounters of Italy including things such as a fresh fruit and vegetable market, laying on the banks of the river, walking around the city, and traveling to other countries. I am not always very confident of my writing, which is probably due to the lack of formal writing I have done. At this moment I would say that my descriptive writing is my strongest form of writing, but I would like to become more confident and concrete in my techniques.
I have read, and understand, and agree to the terms of the course syllabus, which I see as a contract for our course.
Well first of all, I'm very jealous you have studied abroad. That is on my list of things to do. I'm not sure what your blog title means or is significant to--get back to me on that one. I'm not sure what the color choices are a reflection of. If anything, I think it shows you have an edge and you aren't entirely a "girlie girl". When I was choosing my colors, I wanted to stay away from the bright colors because they can come off as obnoxious especially when I'm a sorority girl. When I scrolled down and saw pictures of your Italy trip after you had described a bit of what you did there, it showed me that you are outgoing and friendly. You are willing to describe aspects of your life and introduce others into it. Also, you put the reader on a more personal level by talking about things like your friends and opening up to us what you are uncomfortable with and what you wish to work on with your writing.
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Hi Casey,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the course. I'm glad to have you with us and am excited to read more of your writing throughout the semester. I'm glad that you included some photos in your post-- they can work rhetorically in any composition to add meaning and significance to our written word. And on that note, your writing is well organized and pleasant to read. I hope this continues to surface in your argument writing this semester as it is a true strength in academic writing.
AI