Thoughts on Ball Point...

As I read through the long Ball Point document, I did not necessarily enjoy it. I thought the chapters were somewhat boring, but I did agree with and like how it was well planned out. I really think it's neat that instead of just making us write papers so that they know we can read, they are trying to emphasize imagination and communication. In my opinion, writing is just boring when someone just throws a topic at me and I have not been given the opportunity to discuss it with anyone. When that sort of situation happens it makes me angry and I feel I haven't been allowed to use my imagination in a way that I wanted to. I also agree with the functional beliefs. I think these skills are needed for things I will be doing outside school or my major. I am not going to get hired anywhere if I can't do all the necessary things I need to be successful in an English class. I like their explanation of how reading and writing are intertwined. Reading is needed to help with the better development of writing and vice-versa. I like how we are being taught to use a rhetorical approach with our writing and how to recognize it in our readings. I'm not sure if we were supposed to learn that in high school but it really helps me out when I'm trying to pick apart an article, so I like knowing how to do that. I think there was plenty of useful information in Ball Point, and I liked seeing the philosophy laid out. I will say I don't like reading things of that nature.