October 29, 2006

TO: Professor Ana White

FROM: Joe Bitterly

Subject: Student Introduction
Writing has always been a task for me that I do not enjoy. I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s not the writing so much that I dislike but more the formatting. That is why I am really dreading this course. I remember writing as far back as in the early years of elementary school. When I would just pick up a pen and write about whatever was on the top of my mind. This could range from some wise tale that a young boy with a growing imagination would think about or a real life story that I would encounter while hunting in the woods with my dad. It was fun back then because there were no worries about proofreading or formatting. The biggest worry I had at that point was spreading my words out as far as I could and seeing how many sheets of paper that I could use so that mine would be longer than my buddies.
As the years went on I guess you could say that I always “winged it” when it came to the writing part of the classes. I always waited until the last minute to do any research paper that I had and always managed to get a decent grade on everything, somehow. Once I got older I realized that I could not procrastinate as much because I would run out of time. I flew through English 1301 but struggled a little more with 1302. My memory of those classes and most of the stuff I learned is pretty shady since I took both of them about four years ago, so that means I will just have to do some extra studying for this class. The next year after those I took a technical writing class and kind of enjoyed that. I learned how to write a resume and also how to format business letters. We also worked on mock interviews and learned that it is important on how you layout your resume when applying because it could show that you are more professional.
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