Ojimadu 1

Vivian Ojimadu
Professor Douglas
UWRT 1101-800
2 December 2016
Written Literacy Reflection
Our written literacy unit was covered first in this course and was
particularly the most difficult for me. This was my first college writing course
and I found it quite difficult to transition from the way I had been taught in
high school. The This I Believe was extremely difficult for me to understand
and grasp the concept of. I had never before been asked to write about what
I believed in. I ultimately decided to make the paper very personal and write
about a family trauma that caused a shift in my faith. I wanted the paper to
be about something meaningful to me and I also wanted to use it as an
opportunity to have Professor Douglas get to know me as a person and not
just a writer. Our This I Believe papers were the Professors first look into
who we were. I did not want to take from it simply that I am a person of high
beliefs but also that I am a person of passion and deep commitment and
love. I also attempted to have the Professor better get to know me through
my Proust Questionnaire. In my responses I was both detailed and
thorough. I felt as though going into a writing course where the Professor had
free will to our journals I should have a certain level of a relationship built.
This relationship is what I tried to establish through my first pieces of writing.