Final Thoughts

Going into this class I anticipated it to be like the other English classes I have taken which were based mainly on long essays. I was pleased to find out that this class incorporated more forms of assessment such as building the website and posting on the blog. During the course, I learned many things, which I am sure that I will take with me as I graduate from Clemson and enter the job market. The first thing I learned was writing doesn't necessarily have to be long and drawn out. In many of my other English courses and even education courses, the writing that was assigned most often had a length requirement which meant that I was trying to find any information that would make it longer. In this course, I learned that a short paper that was to the point served the same purpose as the longer piece that was filled with rambling thoughts. The second thing I learned through the class was that you couldn’t always assume something is impossible to do. When I was looking at the requirements for the collaborative project and saw that we had to build a website, I was really nervous because I didn't have that much experience with websites. As the course went along, I realized that it wasn't as hard as I had thought and with the help of a good partner you could get it accomplished. Lastly, I learned that technical writing is more a part of early childhood education that I had previous thought it to be. Honestly, before the course I really wasn't sure what technical writing was, I knew it was writing resumes and things like that, but I didn't realize you could incorporate it into your profession so much.
I think that this course was unique and useful to my major because it allowed me to think a year ahead and know what I needed to prepare myself for a job search. I especially liked the collaborative project because I enjoyed working with my partner and helping out a non-profit organization. It was a lot of work but was well worth it in the long run and provided our organization with a good resource to reach out to others around the community.