Assignment 26- Ella Jensen

My whole life my mother (a uk professor and dissertation advisor) has told me that my writing needed work, which was the polite way to say it. Freshman year I would pour over essays for weeks before the final edit was due and it still only earned a B maybe a 92 if I was lucky. This year on the other hand, I never wrote below a 7 and to say I was surprised would be an understatement since half of them I wrote when I still wasn’t fully awake. What I discovered was that I was very skilled at writing rough drafts but not exactly finalizing them. I loved scoring and writing essays but a lot of the time I found myself wanting a redemption, or some more time to work on a next draft and perfect the skill I had been lacking. I did also really appreciate the visual literacy speech, since it forced me to get out of my comfort zone and write for a new setting, but really it ended there. If I wanted to make short videos or learn how to produce, I would take film class; which ironically you also teach. I found that the PSA, the photo advertisement, and the video advertisement didn’t really improve any of my skills or effectively challenge me. Not that I’m looking for more challenge when I’m already taking 4 other AP classes plus a sport and a dozen clubs but just something that’s more engaging rather than another grade in the gradebook. I did enjoy the essay regarding the advertisement analysis because it tested my skills of editing my pieces but I wanted more conferences along the way? Not in an elementary school parent-teacher conference, childish way, but just to help me through the process since I have obviously never succeeded in that vital part of writing. Thanks.

I also liked blog posts bc I got to be petty.