Assignment: What are your goals?

What are my writing goals?

Well, at this point, my goal is to actually finish all the blogs that I have missed. Ha. Let us see how much I can actually accomplish this week. Spring break gives me an awesome opportunity to make-up the blogs that I have missed and improve my grade. I should be making an A in this class and because I fail to complete the simple assignments, I receive such a low grade in the class. It is unfortunate really.

But what goals are there, what am I out to accomplish? Maybe there is no exact set goal. Thus far, I see myself simply typing up facts and compiling my research into an assignment for English class. Am I truly writing for myself or just for the grade? (Not like it seems to matter; I am neither writing for myself nor receiving the grade, ha). One aspect of my writing I want to improve is my efficiency. For some unknown reason, I am just not able to mold ideas in my mind into words on paper (or on the computer). At some points I am not able to even brainstorm good ideas. Just as an idea, I have been working on this post at the computer lab and at home for at least a total time of three hours – and I am only at word 275. And now after staring at that again, I am starting to work on this at a much faster rate.

In a grammatical viewpoint, my writing appears to have good syntax and a somewhat sophisticated vocabulary (or so I say…). Overall, organization may be an issue. I know that when I compose essays, I usually do not outline and plan out/brainstorm my works. Not too dissimilar to what I am typing now, I am composing the ideas the come to my mind. Maybe one aspect of my writing I should improve is my initial organization and processing of ideas. In turn, I would probably spend less time getting distracted and trying to pull my thoughts together because my general ideas will have been outlined already. Guess that might also be a valuable skill for the SAT and ACT college entrance exams – both of which have timed writing sections.

What is the purpose of my blog?

Primarily, I see it as a digital notebook for my English Assignments. I know that earlier in the year, I felt that the blog could be a site to share all the cool information that I researched. In some cases, I can agree with that – and it is true that the blog site shares information that I have researched. However I see the blog more as an assignment.

If I did have an additional purpose for my blog, it would be to educate the readers on topics of science. Science oversees almost all aspects of life, really. It provides structure to mathematics and explains the advanced and sophisticated complexities of our bodies.