~*The Effects of EN 103*~

EN 103......If I had one word to describe it, it would be "unique". I say unique because it has a very different atmosphere than my EN 101 course. When I first found out about the course, I was excited, but I began to doubt myself and was thinking about not taking the course. In the end, I changed my mind back to my initial thought and decided to take the course. After realizing that our "theme" was environmentalist, I really contemplated dropping the course. I knew that wasn't into environmentalist kind of things, so I was like "how am I going to write a paper on something that I know I don't like?" After Robin clarified that she didn't want us to just focus on environmentalist things but rather focus on local issues, I began to feel a little better, especially when she said that the local issues could involve things on campus not just Tuscaloosa. So after that clarification, my thought was "Hey, Kiara, you can do this!" So as the course went along things got a lot better. We went on field trips (yay!), talked about a lot of local issues, and just had an all around good time. Even though I initially hated our "theme", I must say that it made me think about things that I had thought about and think about some things in a different light. For example, today, I was in the restroom in Burke West and I realized that our trash was overflowing. My initial thought was that it was probably so many things in there that could be recycled. So overall I must say that the course changed the way that I think about some things. The way that I write also changed. I used to write not thinking of who was going to read it, but after taking EN 103 I think about my audience a lot when it comes to anything I'm writing. I want to say that it was a pleasure being in this course with all of you all!! Love ya!! See ya around!