I really enjoyed learning about APA style formatting and citations; I liked having a rigid structure in which to write and format my paper, and this was fairly new to me. I went to an IB high school, where my teachers constantly told us that Chicago-style citations are the way to go and that we would likely never use APA in college. Obviously, they were wrong. I genuinely think I would enjoy writing papers in this format again in ENG 201.

I also really liked the assignment we did with Professor Staines in which we wrote about our favorite places, before and after the pandemic. The requirement was to explicitly explore all five senses through our writing, and I think I did a good job using imagery to portray setting and ethos. In addition, I liked the midterm assignment in which I wrote about my personal journey with mental health.  Having the freedom to play around with style choice and literary devices was really exciting to me. While I didn’t love the second half of my final midterm assignment (I could not find a way to express my thoughts fully within the word count,) I did love finding my voice and having the chance to be creative. I also really liked writing the first half of it, and this is how I usually write in my spare time. I would love to have the chance to do it again in future English courses!

Overall, I really enjoyed this course and everything I learned, although I regret procrastinating until late in the semester. However, I did learn a lot of valuable stuff that will definitely benefit me in the future, and I plan on being much more proactive in ENG 201. Thank you, Professor Wood!