In Class: Free Write

We really have done a lot of writing in this class. Probably moreso than any other composition class I have ever taken. I think the requirement to simply type without putting much thought into it every now and then was a very good idea. It made generating some content, however useless, pretty easy to do when a new assignment was due. I also really liked the informal details of the papers due. We focused more on the content and answering the right questions inthe right ways and not so much on the grammar, spelling, and syntax. It made the class really seem like a way to learn instead of just a way to fine-tune things we already know about how to write a paper. I think the basics of writing the intro, body paragraphs, and conclusion only gets you so far in your academic life. If that's all one knew about when it came to writing, you would get torn apart in graduate school or in higher level classes. It was kind of nice to be able to freewrite every now and then and simply vent any thoughts that were bouncing around in my head or to just let my brain take a break for 5 minutes and rehearse and reflect on things i have done recent to that free write, i remember one freewrite i wrote about watching forrest gump and how much i liked that movie because i had just watched it. done