Looking back to the beginning of the semester from where I am now, I realize that I have come quite a long way. Before starting the course I did not believe my writing would improve at all; I thought this class would just be an extremely time consuming inconvenience but I was clearly wrong. The class is very integrative, captivating and extremely helpful in my development. New areas are explored through thorough explanation, examples and practice. This is what I appreciate the most about the class; I feel like for the first time, the instructor actually cares about the performance and the development of their students.

Thus far I’ve had experience with different genres of writing. I have wrote personal essays where the writing was more relaxed and informal to really give the reader an idea of who I am. Through my I-search paper I have seen the most development…