Response

In this assignment, my writing technique has changed, only slightly, due to the requirements of this paper. The quickness at which the rough draft was due made me put much less effort into making the rough draft high quality, letting it be a very rough draft I was able to write it by the deadline. However, after it is written, i will still follow the process of gradually looking over it and working on it a little bit every day until it is due. I haven’t used this technique for writing very often because I am often not too worried about the quality standards the paper has to meet. However, when I am worried, I execute this strategy to the best of my ability.

originally, i was planning on making the rough draft high quality, and then doing less work until the due date , then working on it that night. This usually works for me because i will get into the groove of writing where i will not get writers block, or if i do it will not be severe enough to prevent me from finishing the paper. Writers block often strikes me when writing any paper that has abstract goals and requirements, and the technique I use to work around the writers block is to just start writing whatever comes to mind or is a logical progression of what I have already written. This will work to get the words flowing and helps to finish papers come clutch time.

However, the gradual approach is much better than the night before approach because it lets me revise my work and improve it, so the end quality product is much higher. However, this application of this particular technique only works when I am motivated to finish the essay early or to have it be of particularly high quality to impress the professor.

Letter

To the Honorable Lawrence Curry,

I am writing this letter to ask for your support in the fight to ensure that all higher institutes of higher education in this commonwealth have the resources to provide the best education available to the citizens of this state, but also all of the young minds who come from other states to learn at our institutions.
I am currently a student at The Pennsylvania State University, where I am a freshman studying materials science and engineering, which I define as the application of the principles of chemistry to solve problems and investigate real world materials.
The state appropriations are critical to the department of materials science, as nearly all of its funding is from federal and state sources. This funding has allowed the department to become one of the best in the world, if not the best in the world. By supporting Penn State, you can continue to support all of the research this does and ensure that the international talent that currently comes to Penn State does not decide to go to some other school where the funding is better.

Sincerely,
John O’Brien

Response 5

The video of the misical number from disneys latest animated file, the princess and the fron, was certainly in the range for standard fare of disney musicals. That is to say, ihgh quality, catchy, and aimed primarily at children. There are definitely striking differences between that musical number and the one from the much earlier little mermaid. The earlier video is certain much darker and more serious, to the point where one of my little cousins is actually afraid of the entire move because of that part.

I think that the musical number in the latest disney film is better, becaua of two reasons, it isnt as dark and serious, which are two qualities i do not want in my musicals. Secondly, i like the caju ntwist on. The standard disney fare, and i believe it is a twist that makes it more interesting than previous musicals. Also, it is catchier.

Response #3

In this assignment, my writing technique has changed, only slightly, due to the requirements of this paper. The quickness at wich the rough draft was due made me put much less effort into making the rough draft high quality, letting it be a very rough rough draft i was able to write it by the deadline. However, after it is written, i will still follow the process of gradually looking over it and working on it a little bit every day until it is due.

originally, i was planning on making the rough draft high quality, and then doing less work until the due date , then working on it that night.

Response #2

1. Reflect on a time when storytelling became an essential tool for you when trying to solve an issue or inform someone. Was it successful or did it fail? Why? What methods did you use? Be as specific as possible.

one time stands out where storytelling would have helped as a way to inform someone of a method to solve a problem. This past summer, my friends and I went on a road trip, with the final destination set as colorado, specifically rocky mountain national park. But, it was going to be a three day journey, which meant we were going to have to stop and sleep at least twice.
We thought we knew how the camping was going to go, but it turned out that we had alot to learn. the first night we were going to prepare "TFDs", or tin foil dinners. we got the TFDs together, but my friends were having too much trouble starting a fire, so i offered my help. unfortunatley, due to my history, they were having none of it and refused my advice. Had i been able to tell a convincing story they would have believed me, but i was not able to and had to box them out while i demonstrated my fire building abilities.

Response #1

My most significant writing experience occurred two years ago, in junior year of high school. We were assigned to write about a significant person in American politics from the 20 century for the culminating assignment in an American history class. The paper, as assigned, was supposed to be between 9 and 11 pages, not a short paper by any means. Papers in that class had historically been a challenge for me, with a C average across my previous papers. And “luckily” for me, I had chosen, as the topic of this most recent paper, former Senator Barry M. Goldwater, who had served as a senator from Arizona during the spans of 1953–1965 and 1969–1987. Mr. Goldwater happened to be my teachers “favorite person” and was worried that my paper, which she did not expect to be very good, would not do this great man justice.
With these expectations in mind, I broke my usual form of starting a paper a few days before it was due and started on the paper immediately. Every day I would either write anywhere form a paragraph to a page or go over what I had already written, refining my words and making sure there were no foolish grammar errors that would detract from my paper. I progressed in this fashion for about a month, up until the week before the paper was due. Feeling confident about my work, I decided to meet with the teacher to ensure I was on the correct path to an excellent paper, one that would do my teacher proud. After that meeting I was worried for my grade and the quality of my paper. As my teacher had said, I had all the facts necessary in my paper, but the formatting was all wrong. Luckily, I still had a week to get my paper together and was able to get the paper in and I did well on it.