Welcome to 32nd and Chestnut...

This is the blog for 75 or so Drexel students, most of whom are new to college and new to Drexel.

We'll document the strangeness of college life, try to translate our experience for diverse readers, and chronicle what it means to be a college student during these crazy days of economic turmoil and political battle.

That's it for now; I have to go an play Spore.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Simply The Best

This unique hybrid style of English class offers a great opportunity for me to be able to expand my critical writing and reading skills. I love the flexibility and ease of writing short, yet argumentative pieces from the convenience of my computer. Whereas in other, more traditional styles of English class we would be reading a book, then discussing it, then writing about it; here we are given the freedom to choose our own topics and develop an argument to prove our thesis. This class definitely helps me become a better writer because I now think critically and do more to create arguments through my writings. Our text, A&B, also provides the support needed to foster this type of class. Instead of just going over basic grammar rules and sentence structure, A&B provides us with different techniques on how to critically analyze various texts and effectively peer review. I consider these more 'real world' writing skills that will help me not just through college, but also in my professional career. This approach is in my view far superior over the conventional style of english that we all have been used to for so many years. I am a huge fan of this class...every one sign up for hybrid!!!!

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