a) When it comes to reading, it has been a major part of my personal life. As a child I loved books and loved reading, at the age of 3 I had been able to read the covers of my favorite movies and my favorite book The Foot Book. I believe that I learned most of this by memorization, but overtime I came acquainted with what certain words looked like and how to sound out certain letters. Since then, I've always read for personal pleasure. In my academic life, reading was more of a chore. Read this chapter and respond to these questions and I somewhat dreaded it, however certain texts (more towards the end of high school), I actually started to enjoy. I've never really required reading or writing in a professional sense because most my jobs included working at a bar, a pizza place, and babysitting. Writing on the other hand was never EVER a favorite of mine. I was fairly good at it, I always received good grades in high school and I understood the concept but I absolutely dreaded writing papers. It wasn't until last year in my University of Iowa Rhetoric 1 (similar to english 1 ) class that I actually started to enjoy and get into what I was writing. I looked forward to expressing my thoughts and opinions about a subject I was passionate about.
Outside of school, the only writing I really do is texting, facebook, and the occasional journal entry depending on the day (for example if I need to vent, I usually do so to my journal).
b) The most difficult part of academic writing for me is getting started. I have the hardest time with the introduction. I always tense up and feel insecure about my intro because it's the first thing the reader sees and I want it to be interesting and perfect! My area of improvement would have to be better explaining and clearer reasoning.
c) I read pretty much any genre. I've read things from Twilight to 19 Minutes by Jodie Picoult to The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. I also read a ton of magazines. I usually read a book that has been recommended by a friend or one I saw a friend reading that looked interesting. By reading different genres, I was able to become familiar with different forms of writing. The connection between reading and writing for me is that reading sparks ideas for you to write about. It ignites a passion for you to reflect upon.
d) Research papers always intimidate me mostly because of the steps and procedures involved. I'm a bit of a perfectionist so writing an interesting and good paper is very important to me. However, when it comes to this course, I feel more relaxed that we get to chose the topic we research and because of that I will be a little more driven to find information and to write about it.
e) I want to write about either teenage pregnancies or suicide. Both topics interest me on a levels of personal and professionalism.
f) I would probably use the internet and library books for both, but also since this day and age has a lot of reality television, I can also use the media to my advantage.
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