Return Of The Thlog

This week was pretty educational. We discussed a lot in class pertaining to WP1 throughout the week, and began to touch on WP2. I was unfortunately really only able to use a brief amount of information from Monday’s meeting towards my WP1 because I submitted my paper shortly after class. It wasn’t until a few hours before the deadline of the paper being submitted that I received the email about the extension, which upset me a fair bit. I had forgotten to attach the feedback matrix to my paper so I had already sent out 2 drafts of my final paper, and I felt a third would be obnoxious. So, this is a bit upsetting, but I know that I will be able to improve the paper before it is resubmitted in the final portfolio. I’m a bit nervous for the final portfolio; I’ve never been huge into English – I’m a Biology major – so I am unsure about the whole portfolio. I also just like to stress about everything, so that could be it too.

As for what we actually did in class this week, I appreciated, as usual, the writing tips. I used to just use whom wherever it sounded best or where I knew it usually went, like in a letter title, “To Whom It May Concern.” Funny enough, later that night after class I was watching one of my favorite shows (NCIS) and one of the main characters, Dr. Mallard, explained the proper use of whom while correcting someone’s grammar. It was nearly word for word what we were told during class! Something else that I really enjoyed this week was the Murder! Rhetorically exercise. I really enjoyed the imagination and creativity we were able to use to make up the statements or “paperwork” and it really demonstrated our innate understanding of genres. Just one more thing to throw in – I really enjoy the chance to give feedback during class on certain activities that we do. I really enjoyed the peer review that we did and hope that the period of time for it can be extended for the next paper!