Thinking About You, English

English is one of the most standardized classes that nearly every student in the United States must take. English starts off as spelling, definitions and grammar in elementary school, moves to readings and book reports in middle school, shifts to more complex readings and analysis in high school and tops itself off academically in college. College level English is more about understanding what you are reading, being able to analyze the text and convey different ideas out of it, as well as being able to write interesting, thought provoking and meaningful essays. There is much more to English but this is a very basic summary of English for this blog's purpose. I was trained in high school to start analyzing my reading assignments and leisure reading as well as thouroughly comprehending the text. College English is the next level of development for these skills. After the readings, class discussions and Project 1 we are about halfway through English 101. Although I am shy and don't verbally express my opinions relating to class discussions as much as I should, I am always absorbing the knowledge bounced around in class. Although I began developing analyzing and critical thinking skills in high school the college level continues to develop those skills in a more intellectual way. The use of current event readings for analysis is very helpful because with everything that is going on in the world and the related media, simple and complex reports are produced on our current issues and news. I can't say that I have changed completely in the past five weeks, but the process of college level thinking and analysis is slowly sinking into my mind. As the term continues and I take the next two English courses on my sequence sheet, I will continue to develop these skills from readings, class discussions and projects that require us to convey our ideas in an organized and interesting way.