A Review of English Composition II

The end of my first college semester is coming to a close, and to say that I'm thrilled would be an understatement. I cannot wait until I get to spend a month home for the holidays with my family and friends! However, there are a still a few matters of business that I need to finish. As I finish up my capstone project for English Composition II, I am finally able to reflect on the class as a whole. Did I enjoy it? Did I learn from it? How could it have been better? These are all questions I asked myself.

First off, I can honestly say that I have not really enjoyed english classes since they started moving away from the elementary creative writing. English and writing have always been one of my weak points, and I have never really had the desire to work that hard when it comes to my writing. With that being said, I cannot say that I dreaded English Composition II. The class focused on an interesting and modern topic—social media. This made the class more intriguing than just an average language arts class, but it wasn't nearly enough to make me love the class. There were days I would ask myself, "Why did I come to class?" Then I would remember that attendance was often took, so I guess it's best that I always showed up.

When I came to this class, I was hoping to improve my rating to the quality it once had. I truly believe that I did my best writing as a junior in high school, and then my writing skills decreased as a senior. This was due to a change in teacher from my junior to senior year, but I won't get into that. I was hoping this class would get my writing back up to its old standard, but that just did not happen. An activity that may have helped my writing would be in class writing activities or journals. I realize that blogging is a form of journaling, but I believe that just sitting down with a pen and paper and writing for forty minutes really helps improve anyone's writing. I would have liked to see more of that in this class—especially on days where we hardly did anything.

Overall, this was a slightly above average class. I would not say it was spectacular, but at the same time, it wasn't horrible. My professor was definitely an interesting woman who is knowledgable in many areas. She wasn't one of the greatest language arts teachers I've ever hard, but she wasn't bad. I learned a few tricks from her and this class, so I guess it was a success. It wasn't as good as I was hoping for, but not bad.

The Blog of a Classmate

While looking through all of my fellow classmates' blogs, I found that I have spent the past semester in my English Composition II class with excellent writers. With that being said, I had no problem finding an interesting article written by a fellow classmate. Ryan Gopp wrote about how Disney bought out Lucasfilm. Both these companies are extremely popular, so their partnership should be interesting.

According to Ryan's blogpost "Disney," Lucasfilm and Disney plan to make another Star Wars movie in 2015. Both Ryan and I are skeptical about this. For me, Star Wars already has a great plot, and I feel like if they make another movie, it would just be beating a dead horse. Episode I and Episode II already received plenty harsh reviews, but Episode III was a great way to end the series. I just do not believe it is necessary to tinker with the story anymore. I guess it is not up to me though. If they do make another movie, I will be sure to see, and I will try to keep an open mind and hope for the best. Disney and Lucasfilm have both made great movies, so another Star Wars could actually turn out well! I guess only time will tell.

Ryan gave interesting information on the joining of Disney and Lucasfilm. He also let his own voice shine through throughout his whole blog, which makes it more interesting. If you are bored and want an interesting read, check out Ryan Gopp's blog!—or anyone else in my English Composition II class.