This class was something I could look forward to. (I’m not blowing steam I assure you). With everything going on in the world, it felt like most of my other classes, though often interesting also, just kind of piled on the work and expected the experience to be a byproduct of that. Because of the structure and grading system, I felt like this class was something I could go to without the pressure of “doing the right thing” every day over and over again, and because of that the critical thinking that I did as a result of this course was a lot more beneficial and productive
Listening to the discussions about the styles of rhetoric and persuasive writing was something I got a lot out of. I know I’m typically not the most outspoken, but I really did gain alot from hearing about the reasons why we write what we write. I thought that the readings that were sent in slack were super interesting. Fish, in particular “political arguments”, especially stood out to me alot as I felt that his message in general was extremely relevant to todays climate. What he says about the importance of the structure of an argument mattering more than the facts because no one is ever going to change their beliefs really resignated with me. You gain so much from thinking more about why a person says or writes what they do rather than trying to comprehend what they’re saying.
Talking with my peers about this class was especially different from other classes because I felt that the discussion was geared towards the actual subject we were looking in to instead of just what can we do to finish x assignment. There was a lot of room for exploration instead of just following set guidelines.
In general, I really liked how the class was focused on the topic of rhetoric. I think what is important about that in an academic setting is writing for others. Writing has always been something that I’ve been pretty shy about. It’s not something that I’ve ever shared beyond my teachers. It’s something that’s revealing, and it’s difficult for me to open up in that way. Especially now, when that opening up is going to be on a screen for the foreseeable future. The idea of writing as persuasion helps enforce the idea of writing for an audience in my mind. I think that this class touched on the important areas of academic writing in ways I didn’t expect. For an intro writing class, I was expecting a reinforcement of the things we’ve been taught over and over again for years, but this class really helped me explore a new avenue beyond basic writing structure.
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