#14: Adios, Adieu and Farewell

The first day of classes this semester was somewhat rough, considering I have classes from 8am to 2pm without a single break. I was so stressed about not having any time to eat during the day and was worried that I wouldn’t like my English or Speech classes the most. After my first three classes of the day, it was time to head to English. So I’m walking along trying to figure out where the building was. I went in the building and was convinced that I must be in the wrong place, because all I could see was that it was the nursing building, where my aunt works and I figured I must be in the wrong building. But, sure enough I was right and I stepped into what turned out to be my favorite class that I have ever taken throughout high school and college thus far. Dr. Marshall began discussing what the class was going to be about: analyzing SEINFELD.
I thought to myself, “What am I going to do? She is an expert on SEINFELD and is going to expect each of us to have some prior knowledge on the subject.” Well, growing up I didn’t have much time to watch television and when I did, I hardly ever watched SEINFELD, but I was mistaken in my assumptions. I think that I just got very lucky to have such an interesting course and a brilliant professor. I truly learned so much in this class and I know that there is still much work for me to do, but I feel as though this class helped me to get a strong foundation for my writing and it will be extraordinarily beneficial to me for the remainder of my college experience. I am so glad that I took this class, because it truly has taught me to dig deeper when writing and focus on specific detail. I have learned the best way to write from one of the best professors at TCU I am sure. Although I admit, at first I though Dr. Marshall was rather picky, she was only trying to help us to be the best writers we could possibly be. Each of the writing assignment have been very beneficial to my growth as a writer and I was surprised to learn that I have met each of the goals. My writing now is so different compared to papers I wrote back in high school. I never focused on the thesis of my papers in high school and to go back and read something that I had written back then would probably make me want to cry. Haha… but I now know how to argue something and to really support it by giving examples and expand it by stating the “they say” side of it. In conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed this course with SEINFELD as its primary text and have learned how to break down a thought or idea to create a deeper understanding of a concept or idea that is important in our society today. Finally, I think that although I have learned so much and improved in my writing, there is still a lot of work to do. I have a better understanding of what is appropriate to be in a formal essay and what is not necessary. I used to be so focused on the length of the paper, but now I realize that it is quality, not quantity that makes a good paper.