Course overview

Writing 150… What to say… Well first of this was an English class, which automatically drops my opinion of it severely. Disregarding that fact the class itself was fairly enjoyable. Although the readings were always the last thing I wanted to do some of them did prove helpful, such as the articles on voice. If there is one thing that I learned this year it was that you can appropriately put your voice into your writing without being unprofessional. I also learned that different styles of writing make different types of voice appropriate. This changed my earlier writings were I figured that writing was writing and what wasn’t allowed in one place was taboo no matter the audience. Although I personally find the subjects of English and writing boring and uninteresting I do have to give Sister Elliott credit for keeping me interested and paying attention throughout the classes, and at the same time getting me to learn something, no matter how much I resisted. One thing I probably should have worked more on, and that I still am not entirely sure of, is what qualifies as a run-on sentence. I understand that for the most part my sentences are very long and wordy, yet since elementary school I have never really known the correct way to create good, flowing sentences without predominantly using commas. All in all Writing 150 has probably been my most enjoyable experience with an English class, although my opinion on the subject still has not changed I was able to have as enjoyable time as a writing course may allow, and I learned something too.

Podcast

I listened to a broadcast about the brain, where it talked about how much of what we do is hardwired into our brains from birth and that most human brains start out the same. The podcast addressed a bit of the nature versus nature case with a scientific background. The nature versus nature debate is in simple terms what affects a childs reasoning and actions, is it that they were born that way or is it the way they were raised.There was an interesting study talked about that involved puppets and cookies that showed even babies understand the concept of retribution and other basic natural laws. It also talked quite a bit about frontal lobe leasions which have been known to impare the judgment of the individual yet currently in a court of law it is not an acceptable defence, due to the fact that the majority of people with these leasions get along just fine and never find themselves in jails or even before the courts. The end analysis that was given is that everyone is indeed responsible for their own actions, none the less there are indeed biologic factors that are also involved. As far as the show went it very well man have abeen the most dry and annoying hour I have ever spent, with the interviewers voice causeing my body to tense every time she spoke and the subject getting less and less interesting as they went along. I did perservere though and I made it through all 51 minutes, and I will hopefully never have to again.