First and Hopefully not last Blog entry! First assignment!

August 8, 2016

1^st Journal Entry

The type of writing is usually essays, reports, and research papers for university. I’m currently studying International Relations, and writing is very important for all my assignments since I’m constantly asked to write and analyze a conflict happening. Since writing isn’t my thing, it’s very difficult for me to analyze and complete the task I was asked for. Research papers are the hardest, in my opinion, they take a long time and required very well done structure and flow, I always find myself struggling for hours trying to figure out how to properly write my ideas.

I write for university, I don’t really find writing interesting or fun, in fact, I somewhat hate it. Why do I hate it? I detest not knowing how to start of my papers for school, I hate writing essays, reports, summary and research papers. I always find myself sitting in front of the computer for hours not knowing where to begin, how to start, how to turn the ideas of my head into words. Writing is definitely my weakest subject. I don’t even remember what my teachers thought me about writing, it’s like that part of the information was completely erased from my brain. I really want to improve and learn to enjoy it. Academic writing is really important for the career path I chose, and I always find myself to be very mediocre when it comes to it. Something I learned in university is that a lot of times professors assumed you have all the skills required to pass their class, they don’t take much time teaching you how to write since we should have learned that in high school (this is where I wished I paid more attention in English class).

I think I need to improve in all areas, I really want to be a better essay, report, and research writer since I do plan to continue with my academic growth and in the future pursue a masters degree. I really regret not paying enough attention in class but that’s why I’m here in this course because I believe it’s never too late to redeem one’s self and make changes for the better. I hope this course will teach me how to appreciate writing more and how to ace it. On another note, I’m terrible at writing journals and I can never keep them going, so I hope I can continue this one and turn it into a habit to improve my writing.