“Happiness and Freedom begin with a clear understanding of one’s principle. Some things are within your control. And some things are not” – Epictetus

Today is December 9th 2021 and I’m here writing what has been going on in my English course from the beginning. since August. It was a wild ride. I had some good days and some bad days. It was very difficult for us to do some tasks that were given to us. I really enjoyed my experience attending this class. I didn’t know what to expect from this class. It was very weird. I think right now for the future classes it seems pretty much simple and having a better understanding of the course. This course made me realizes a lot of not only how I do my writing but also a lot about myself too. it made me realize how doing this or not doing this affects me a lot. I guess I just have to be more out there and ask for help when I actually need it and not be ashamed if I’m wrong.

When we would engage in the rhetorical elements it wasn’t difficult more like we didn’t know what we were doing at all. All we could really do is listen to our professor and try to understand what she would say to us. I guess I would say most of the ones we would use were pathos, logos, and ethos. Our writing had to contribute more like of our emotions and what we has witnessed. Most of it was very hard because in only one writing we had to be like poker face. No emotion and no opinion.

At first I would just take a few minutes to an hour to write my essays and drafts. But hearing from what our professor has said to us I believe her. It makes sense on why I didn’t have enough or a good grade that was a 90. I didn’t get the hours I needed in order to make a good essay. Future me I hope you take this into consideration and stop procratinating and do your work right then and there instead of waiting last minute to do your essays.

It wasn’t hard for me to be in a remote class. English is a subject I’m very good at. I had gotten pretty good scores from my exams. I would say this is the same thing as in person just instead of writing in paper I would write it in my keyboard. It bothered me that I wasn’t;t able to write my essays on paper. I loved writing it on paper it was easier for me to catch mistakes and correct myself since it’s easier for me somehow I’m still not quite sure yet.

The theme was very important here. It really helped us a lot with us personally viewing things differently and had us reflecting more on what we see on social media and how we judge people.