Opening Statement

   Going over the Syllabus once again, I tried to recall the different topics that were discussed in class especially with the assigned readings and written homeworks. Compared to the previous English/ESL class which most of us took last semester, English 100 is far more complex and can be challenging because we get to deal with non-fiction books, articles and arguments that connect us to the outside world by requiring us to think critically and improve our skills in mature reasoning based on various contexts. As stated in the second paragraph of the introduction in the Syllabus, “reading as a writer entails thinking seriously about a text’s rhetorical situation” and by rhetorical – it means that we are being called out, as writers, to examine the arguments and deliberately express our own ideas as a class. I was pretty excited to take on a higher level of college academic writing before starting English 100, though I know it would require more "sleepless nights" and spending my breaks at the "writing center". Being able to absorb these bits of information and improve my skills through a witty, well-informed professor + friendly classmates made learning a fun and enjoyable experience. How hard can it be?