English Portfolio
First Semester Learning As my first semester of college approaches a close, I look back at all the things I have accomplished and learned. From learning to write research papers, to exploring my creativity through assignments, I have grown tremendously and want to continue. The skills that I am learning from College Writing and Public…
Facebook Negativity
Social Media can be a controversial topic. Most young people criticize those who warn against the complexities of this wide social network. Afterall, Social Media is a way to connect with friends from all across the world. However, Social Media causes many mental predicaments that go mostly unspoken. Facebook is a strong example for being…
Earliest Writing
My earliest memory of writing throws me back to elementary school. When we started to learn writing we obviously still had trouble spelling. Most of the words that I used were definitely spelled wrong. I have so much respect for teachers who can read and understand those kids’ writings. When writing these stories, they were…
Playing with Words
It has only been half of a semester and yet, I feel as though my learning and writing has enhanced greatly. Writing has never really been my favorite, but I would say that I am decent at it. There were rare times in the past where I felt like writing in my free time, and…
Richtel’s Order of Ideas
In “Blogs v.s. Term Papers,” Matt Richtel reports on the two sides of the argument proposed by the title: Are blogs or term papers better for the students who are writing? Richtel examines the interests of professors such as Catchy N. Davidson, an English professor at Duke, who “[want] to eradicate the term paper,” as…
Living with Music
My name is Aaron Jackson. I have always been interested in music. I have played in the band at school for 9 years and started learning music when I was in fifth grade. I play percussion, primarily marimba and snare drum. In high school, my band was somewhat well-known. We marched in national competitions and…
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