Blog 2

The student writing culture at Kean would have to be described as strained. Most Students who go to this University are also part-time, if not full-time, employees as well. That on top of the fact that most of the students who attend Kean are commuters and have to drive multiple days a week to make their classes makes the typical student's life rather hectic. When a paper is assigned, I believe that many professors do not take these factors into consideration and request a bit too much from their students. There is nothing wrong with expecting quality work, but there should be some understanding that students are constantly juggling their responsibilities and that they would truly appreciate their professors meeting them in the middle. Professors, for example, should focus more on a few assignments and giving students ample time to work on them rather than just give out multiple papers and expect that they are breezed through. There should be an emphasis on quality rather than quantity. Allow students to rethink, reorganize, and revise their papers so that by the end of the semester, they can actually be proud in what they accomplished intend of just be exhausted from turning in last minute assignments ass year.

Blog 1

I remember when I was very young I used to love how to draw. Unfortunately, this did not mean that I was any good at it at all. In fact, I was terrible at it. I quickly came to terms with this fact and so had to figure out another creative outlet that allowed me to put my imagination into a more physical form. This lead me into writing. Instead of drawing a picture, I could just describe a scene that I had dreamt up and be as creative as I wanted because I was not as limited. You could write about far more than you could draw because when drawing, you were confined to a physical space. Writing gave me more freedom and I immediately fell in love with it. I hadn't had any sort of formal writing experience before that point and so I just did whatever felt natural to do. I would write about characters from my favorite shows or books and do fan fictions based off of them. It let me immerse myself even more into the things I already loved. Since my first experiences with writing were so positive, it's made me want to have it as a permanent part of my life and even my potential career.