Hey everybody,
First off, I think I’ll introduce myself. I’m Mike, and I’m about to start my second year at UCLA. I live over in Granite Bay for the summer, getting gigs for my band when I can. I’m trying to get this class out of the way during summer to free up some of my schedule this year. Being that I’m a working musician and studying jazz in LA, more time for music is always a good thing.
As I mentioned briefly in class today, my previous writing class used some blogging. That was my first time ever messing around with blogs, but the frequent shifts between the blogs and more “traditional” assignments left me puzzled. As our only blogging was in class with the professor, most students basically tuned out their brains and followed along with the lecture. Before you knew it, there would be a larger writing assignment given on more formal terms. This made me second-guess a lot of my main ideas and thesis sentences, only making me realize today’s widely accepted “formalities” in school.
I have found my writing style to be slow at times, but very thought out. My issues usually don’t reside in the question or explanation at hand, rather the way I go about presenting them to a reader. Just as I do with music, I hear what I want to express in my head first, and then I do my best to mimic that shape or thought in my brain. Basically, every paper is a speech in my head; always constantly rewinding and playing back slightly different than the time before. Anything to help my writing skills will have a positive influence for my hopeful future in the entertainment business.
See you in class,
(I don’t know how you end these things, so I guess I’m writing a letter)
Mike Greenwood
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Mike, thanks for introducing yourself to the rest of us--I think that's an important step to building a community in our classroom, which I know I mentioned today as an important component of this course. I'm fascinated by the connections you're making between music and writing. This issue arises briefly in our keywords for this week. Perhaps it could be something to take up again in another post. As I also mentioned today and in my "Pedagogy" post, I want students to engage with the literacies and discourses in which they are interested. For you, that's music, so go with it when you can. Finally, thanks for your comments today and in your blog about the toggling between virtual and paper writing in your other class. It's helping me think through some of the decisions I've made for our class.
I'm sorry but I do not understand.
I am the real Mike Greenwood and I suggest you must be an imposter.
Kindly use a different name
Many thanks
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