ENGLISH 102 WITH PROFESSOR BRADY

As I entered my first year of college, English was a class i was very nervous in taking because I was never very strong at writing, nor was i very passionate about it. Luckily enough I had a professor who truly cared about her students and accepted nothing less than excellence from all of her students. Thanks to her and my fellow classmates, I now consider myself a very strong writer and i very much enjoy doing so. 

Instead of dreading to go to class, I very much looked forward to each and every English class as I knew it would be tremendously fun and educational as well. The fishbowl discussions between Professor Brady and our entire class were extremely intellectual and it really showcased the intelligence of all classmates. The one i enjoyed the most was our fishbowl lecture about transcendentalism because we had class outside and the setting of the class beautifully complimented the lesson. The environment deleted all awkwardness when answering questions because whenever somebody was unsure or embarrassed to speak, there would always be someone else excited and ready to either add on to what was said or spark an idea of what to answer in someone else’s. Writing became almost effortless for me as we had so many scholarly discussions and sources that were usable when writing our assignments. I am tremendously proud of my Paper 2 because i truly believe that all of my writing skills as well as critical thinking skills in which i picked up throughout the semester were all in unison, as my ideas flowed onto the paper. 

Through this class, I realized that everything you read has aspects that can be compared to real life situations and often have meaning much deeper than what is solely written. What i enjoyed most about our assignments were the mixture of both information given to us as well as information that we had to research for ourselves. From researching i found out so many events that have happened in the past as well as happening now in the world which i never would have discovered if it weren't for the assignments. In my paste experiences in english classes, i found many stories and books we read to be boring. However in Professor Brady’s class, i can truthfully say I greatly enjoyed reading and writing about each and every story or article given to us. I will miss English 102 greatly as it really made my first year in college one to enjoy. I will also miss having Professor Brady as a mentor and advice giver as i know without her Writing class would not merely be half as engaging as it was and i would have never learned as much not only about myself, but my skills as a writer and a thinker.