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Crafting the Essay is a writing course that teaches the fundamentals of writing a basic essay. Sounds boring, right? Nope... It's definitely FAR from boring. Unlike how you're taught to write in school, this course focuses on personal essays that can be humorous such as David Sedaris's stuff. Almost everthing you think is questioned and you're constantly learning something new and being forced to think about your writing in a new light. This is known as a "pre-requisite" for Lit and the Arts// Pop-Culture, which you have to take for the light at the end of the tunnel, FICTION. Fortunately, it's not too bad. You do lots of reading and author analysis, but if you have a talented teacher (i.e Eric Song, SAR 2006, Tim Ross, CAR 2006, Ross Markonish, LAN 2003-2006, Angela Balcita, JHU 2006) the class can be a great way to start off the summer. | Crafting the Essay is a writing course that teaches the fundamentals of writing a basic essay. Sounds boring, right? Nope... It's definitely FAR from boring. Unlike how you're taught to write in school, this course focuses on personal essays that can be humorous such as David Sedaris's stuff. Almost everthing you think is questioned and you're constantly learning something new and being forced to think about your writing in a new light. This is known as a "pre-requisite" for Lit and the Arts// Pop-Culture, which you have to take for the light at the end of the tunnel, FICTION. Fortunately, it's not too bad. You do lots of reading and author analysis, but if you have a talented teacher (i.e Eric Song, SAR 2006, Tim Ross, CAR 2006, Ross Markonish, LAN 2003-2006, Angela Balcita, JHU 2006) the class can be a great way to start off the summer. | ||
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| + | Crafting the Essay really surprised me. I went into the class thinking that it would be about five paragraph themes and thesis papers. We studied four different essays: Memoir, Personal Essay, Place Essay, and Lyric Essay. Angela (Big Momma) all had us create pen names which ended up pretty funny. There were a lot of different hand-outs, from really boring essays by deMontaigne, to medical memoirs. Angela was really supportive of everybody. This class really changed my viewpoint on writing, and now I really can't stop. Everybody says JHU is strict, and it kind of is, but if you're looking at a writing course and Crafting the Essay is one of them, I'd recommend JHU, just for the experience. | ||
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Revision as of 22:05, 16 December 2006
Crafting the Essay
Crafting the Essay is a writing course that teaches the fundamentals of writing a basic essay. Sounds boring, right? Nope... It's definitely FAR from boring. Unlike how you're taught to write in school, this course focuses on personal essays that can be humorous such as David Sedaris's stuff. Almost everthing you think is questioned and you're constantly learning something new and being forced to think about your writing in a new light. This is known as a "pre-requisite" for Lit and the Arts// Pop-Culture, which you have to take for the light at the end of the tunnel, FICTION. Fortunately, it's not too bad. You do lots of reading and author analysis, but if you have a talented teacher (i.e Eric Song, SAR 2006, Tim Ross, CAR 2006, Ross Markonish, LAN 2003-2006, Angela Balcita, JHU 2006) the class can be a great way to start off the summer.
CtE at JHU 06.1
Crafting the Essay really surprised me. I went into the class thinking that it would be about five paragraph themes and thesis papers. We studied four different essays: Memoir, Personal Essay, Place Essay, and Lyric Essay. Angela (Big Momma) all had us create pen names which ended up pretty funny. There were a lot of different hand-outs, from really boring essays by deMontaigne, to medical memoirs. Angela was really supportive of everybody. This class really changed my viewpoint on writing, and now I really can't stop. Everybody says JHU is strict, and it kind of is, but if you're looking at a writing course and Crafting the Essay is one of them, I'd recommend JHU, just for the experience.
