With the past few weeks, I can honestly say that this English 101 course has helped me so much already. I used to have trouble with being able to think clearly and I also had trouble with being able to write in a way in which my reader would be able to understand where I'm coming form. Now, I can think with more clarity, and I can also write with more clarity. With the Daily Journal, the two essay papers, the exercises, the web postings and reading the textbook, I have gained a lot of knowledge that I didn't already have.
             The Daily Writing Journal was a good experience for me. I haven't written in my own personal journal for two years and I wanted to get back into it. With writing for this class, it has helped me get back into the mood of writing in a journal. From my daily writing journals, I have learned that writing can be used as therapy. I say that because, when I wrote on some of these days, I was angry, depressed, or happy. For the angry and depressed days that I experienced, I wrote what was going on through my mind. I wrote what I was feeling, what caused me to feel that way, and so forth. When I started writing a specific entry, I would feel depressed, or I would be filled with hate, but towards the end of my entry, I felt so much better. I felt as if nothing had happened. It also gives me a pleasure, in the future, to go back in time just by reading my entries.
             From my two essays, I have learned that it takes a lot of time to develop a good essay. It takes a lot of work, energy, and thinking as well. Writing an essay takes so much out from you. When I typed both of my essays, I felt as if I could keep typing forever. When I type my essays though, I start of by typing a little paragraph, and then I start another one even if the first one isn't quite done. Then, I keep going back and forth adding and deleting what I want from the each paragraph.
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