When I began to write any paper,
whether it be a test, like my prompt for “TV’s Negative Effect on Kids
Affirmed” or just a paper I’m writing, I always began by doing a few rituals. I
also had to reread the article 2 or 3 times before I could even start
brainstorming ideas. Before starting the prompt, I did not know much about how
television affected children except how they act towards others, and that is
from what I have experienced.
Being an author, sometimes I have to
do a few things before I began to type. I first, turn off all the lights in my
room except a pink lamp that gives just enough light to see the keys on my
keyboard. Then, I began to curl up into my bed, grab a drink of water, and
finally, began focusing just on what I am doing, no distractions. As I begin to
type, all of the words just begin to flow like they would if I was having a
conversation with my reader; in this case that was M. Jarmer. She knows a lot about how to write papers and
how they should flow, so that was rather nerve wrecking since I have never been
an excellent writer. She has also read hundreds of papers in her life so I had
to pay extra attention to my prompt.
When I wrote my paper, my purpose
was to show the reader how I saw the world using the article as a viewpoint; I
wanted to show how I saw the topic in my life. The choices I made when writing
my prompt were based off how I could make my examples and opinions be proven or
put in perspective to the real world. I based my paper off the article, I did
agree with the author’s viewpoint but I needed to expand on McCall’s thoughts
more. I added a few of my own observations in my prompt to add my own
personality to it, as I mentioned before, I like to write papers the way I
would if I were to verbally read my papers to a live audience.
If I could rewrite my paper, would I
make the same choices I made before? My answer would be definitely. I am proud
with how my prompt turned out. I felt I made my point of how television affects
a child in a negative way in a clear, organized way. However, I do wish I
reread my paper more thoroughly because I noticed a few mistakes, but other
than that I would not change the choices I made because I am happy with my
prompt.
Priyanka Bhakta.
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I seem to have had some different problems than you did, Priyanka. I am jealous; your biggest problem seems to have been the nerves and intimidation that comes with writing at a college level with more expectations from the instructor. My problems, however, were more on the content of my essay rather than the audience. Regardless, I am glad to hear that you were able to come over it and succeed. I also would like to compliment your determination towards your writing; you seem to be dedicated on focusing for your assignments. I am happy to hear that you would not have made any more serious revisions though, but I would rather have had another chance at writing the essay. I've noticed that many other students would like to have another chance, and your assurance in your work establishes that you have a strong writing ability. I admire your confidence in your work, and I hope you continue to maintain that confidence.
ReplyDeleteI think that your pre-writing ritual is pretty cool and I bet it really helps you get focused on your task at hand. Maybe this whole writing thing would become easier for me if I had my own rituals. I get distracted easily so turning everything off but a light would probably help to. I wish when I was writing that the words just began flowing when writing but maybe after taking this class that could happen for me like it already does for you. As this was our first college paper I am glad to hear that yours turned out better than mine and that you are confident in yours because if we could I would definitely do mine over. Probably if I read the article a couple more times and became better acquainted with it, it could of helped me have written a better paper. Like you I do agree with McCall's viewpoint. The parents should be educated more on the downfalls of media and maybe these effects would be cut down. Hopefully are next paper we write will be better than this one even though I am saying this for me more than I am for you.
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Why thank you, Jon. :D
ReplyDeleteOh, Dalton. :) Turning off everything really does help.
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