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My name is Rebecca Burke and I am currently a sophomore at TCU. I am a Pre-major so right now I am taking basics to help figure out what I want to do as a career.
I have always enjoyed English, however; like discussed in class I enjoy it for the reading aspect, not the writing. Because I prefer reading I mostly take English writing classes, such as this one, because they are mandatory. I do however hope to become a better writer and build up confidence about my skills as a writer. Almost every job requires some writing abilities, so even though this isn’t my first choice for a class, I still believe it is important and necessary for my future.
With a lot of effort and struggle I can produce a decent paper. No matter how decent the paper, many times it does not make the endeavor seem worthwhile. Looking at writing beyond the aspect of school work though, I do tend to spend a lot of time emailing and or texting. Like many people today, I am addicted to the technological advances that our generation has. I have never been very confident with my writing skills; however, with the technology today I can at least have the benefits of spell check and allowing the computer to highlight my sentences that don’t make sense. These sorts of things help with confidence because I at least know my spelling and grammatical errors are taken care of. Whether I feel confident about my writing ability or not I would still much rather leave writing to professionals.
Having read about arguments and how they can be used in writing, I find that my second paragraph is an actual argument. I was trying to argue the importance of writing classes, and the need for writing in ones career. I discovered the importance of writing in society today and then briefly argued that it was necessary for me. Had I started stating facts about the use of writing in society today, my paragraph would have been more of a persuasion. Obviously this is my blog so it is a lot of my opinions, but I think that shows my personality as being someone who uses examples or facts to back up what I believe. It’s clear that there are many ways to express an argument through text however it is hard to argue without facts for support.


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