Hello everyone, I’m Miryam Juárez (she/her), my intended major is Social Work.

After reviewing the syllabus, I am looking forward to being able to share my ideas and get input by others despite the class being online, however I am nervous about the amount of essays having to be done due to the fact that I work and don’t really have a great amount of time to do my school work, I’ll manage though.

Writing differs with everyone. Each individual has their own style of writing unique to themselves however there are qualities of writing that make it “Good Writing,” such qualities are but not limited to  how captivating the persons writing is, the vocabulary, the amount of context you incorporate to get the audience to understand you, how clear and cohesive your writing is presented, and how clear the grammar is. In order to write well, one can experiment with their writing and allow for someone else to read and get their input on how well they wrote. One could also read essay papers and analyze how well they wrote the paper and try to incorporate some of the elements of the essay into their own writing. Being able to write well is important because writing is an important form of communication especially in our society now. Writing can go from making invitations for your birthday party, to emailing your coworkers, to coming up with a social media posts, it is crucial because it allows us to express ideas.

The easiest part of writing for me is being creative and descriptive when it comes to expressing ideas or coming up with ideas. I prefer creative writing because you don’t need to necessarily follow a rubric or need to focus on answering a prompt, it allows you to get your brain flowing with ideas. The hardest part of writing for me is not being repetitive and making sure my points are clear, being able to incorporate different types of rhetoric is also a weakness of mine. I don’t like having to follow a rubric or having to answer a prompt because I feel that I’m locked with what I’m able to and not able to write about. I do understand that’s not the case and it is something I’m working on and hope to improve in this course.

As I stated before, my intended major is social work, and in social work writing is important. I have an understanding that in social work you are required to write many reports about patients based on your analysis of them and explain what you believe is best for them. Being an effective writer is important in this case since you would have to be able to express your beliefs strongly so that you can get the people a top of you to agree with what you believe is best for the needs of your patients.

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