This is my blog for 308J English class taught by Matt Vedder. Let's get the intro stuff out of the way...
My name is Eugene Sax: a digital media major from Thornville, OH. Hopefully I will be able to get into the game design business, or take the route of film and be a producer. I'm a man of simple tastes. I like long walks on the beach, smooth Jazz, chronic mastication... You know, what most people like. As for English, I'm more drawn to fiction works than non-fiction.
The last english class I was in was AP English in High School. The most rewarding thing from that class was the introduction to different authors. I was introduced to new authors who gave me new insight to different writing styles. The least rewarding was "speed writing We were trained in that class to write quickly without sacrificing content and grammar. It took me longer than desired, but I was able to get up to the standard needed. Also, "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen was horrible for me. I guess I never really saw anything good in that book and had very little interest in it.
Not knowing the college standard for english classes, I'm interested to see how they will compare to the AP class. This course differs from other english courses because of the involvement with technology. Most english classes for me focused on just the writing aspect. I'm interested in how technology will blend with english. From 308J, I'm hoping to improve my writing skills. Also, it will be beneficial to learn about how to better include technology in my writing. I've always been interested in mixed media (writing in movies and theater), so I think the class will be exactly what I need to learn another outlet for that with writing on the internet. True enough, the interwebs are pretty informal, but I'm sure there's still a good way and a bad way to write online.
Hey Eugene,
ReplyDeleteI remember you saying you skipped 151 during the icebreaker. Make sure you let me know if there's something you're not getting from my lectures. I am basing the course around the assumption that people have a core knowledge of writing and rhetoric they would attain from that class. The speed writing thing is strange to me. I wonder why they saw that as a valuable skill? Was this on any of the standardized tests? I'd like to know more about this sometime.
Hey Eugene. I am also a media student and I have read Pride and Prejudice too, so I know what you mean about the book. Are you involved in any AVW shows at OU?
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