Writing 2

I have never liked writing. My hatred for writing was amplified my junior year in my Honors British Literature class. Just saying those three words brings chills down my spine. The readings were monotonous and the analytical papers we had to write were torturous. If that wasn't bad enough, the teacher was terrible and graded our papers extremely hard. I would spend hours trying to perfect my paper only to receive a C. This experience caused me to relate writing with tireless work and failure, so you can see why writing is not my favorite.

This is the first writing class that I didn't hate, which for me is saying a lot. I'm not going to lie or exaggerate and say that I love writing, but the damage that my Brit Lit class caused is gone. The reason why I enjoyed this class was because it focused on music, we had a lot of freedom in what we wrote about, and because of the professor. I've had many teachers in my life, and there are only a few that I have actually liked, and this happens to be one of them. It is obvious that Chris Dean truly cares about his students and helping them learn. You would think that this should be true about all teachers and professors, but it sadly is not. Dean makes an effort to give his students as much help as they need by making himself extremely available and by giving back a lot of helpful feedback on papers before they are graded. He also makes his class as interesting as possible for his students by asking what the students want to talk and learn about. I learned a lot from this writing class and believe that I am a better writer now than I was before.

(P.S. I am aware that you, Chris, are reading this. I honestly didn't write this to suck up, it is truly how I feel. I contemplated not writing about this because I felt like a brown-noser and didn't want you to think I'm just trying to get a better grade, but I couldn't think of anything else to write about. I really did learn a lot this quarter and just wanted to say thank you.)