May 2017 – Mimich

I liked my experience writing the article since it felt like I was bringing the different sections of this year’s work under one specific message. According to various sources, I am not great at dealing with emotions, but my writing reflected the excitement I feel when I talk about art and mathematics.
The techniques I used the most was examples, because they offer a lot of variety. To understand a topic we must see it from all angles and I think that examples, whether we are talking of mathematics or politics, allow for that range of vision.
I don’t think that my writing has improved, but I do think that I have become more aware of it. In my first draft I wrote the word teacher three times in two sentences and I always struggled to link my ideas together. I was surprised because this doesn’t happen when I write academic essays. While I was finishing my final draft the words came out more easily.
Like I mentioned earlier, conveying feelings is not one of my strengths. I want to work on my ability to include more personality in my writing, because I would like to continue to share my love of mathematics and I want to show that it can be anything but boring.
During the first few weeks of the course I was really sad that we were not going to do more reading, so I read A LOT on my own. When I was reading I became aware of how the writers used the techniques we discussed in class. When I read non-fiction I paid attention to what I liked vs what I didn’t like, which really helped with my article.

Mimich

Month: May 2017

Reading Response #11

Lab #12