Notes And Why I Hate Them

Note-taking has never been something I'm particularly fond of, and the reason is simple: I hate shorthand. Really, I do; even when texting I need to spell out all of my words (an allowance being made for abbreviating long phrases like "talk to you later" if I'm close to character limit). While taking notes, either you skip writing important things because you run out of time, or you have to abbreviate things and shorten phrases. Example,  the phrase "in the scientific process, one of the most important steps is experimenting" turns into "in the scien'ic process, 1 of most import. steps is experi'ing" if I'm really in a hurry. The grammar freak inside me thrashes violently when I write something like that, but in many classes, it's a necessary evil in order to know what you need to know.

A Challenger Appears

I've always found writing to be moderately easy for me...in English class. In other classes, such as history or science curriculums,  I've struggled with being able to write in an appropriate format or make my ideas understandable. Find the main idea of a passage? Sure, no problem, until it's a scientific journal study and I need to summarize the entire fact-packed entry. To explain, I have the option to get 20 bonus points by summarizing five science journal entries, which I didn't think would be a problem. However, I'm finding it challenging to get all the important ideas down without entirely erasing the processes used in the experiments talked about. I've finished three, and in the middle of the fourth, so it's slow work, but it's moving along.

Hi everyone!

It's my second day of college, and I'm in the class I was most excited for: English. Out of all my favorite things, books (and by extension, writing) are it. I've always found that reading is the best escape for me; be it family troubles, friendship problems, or even internal mental battles, reading has always been able to calm whatever violent turmoil is going on in my life. I am rather picky, though, with which universes I throw myself into; fantasy and fiction are my two main genres, since I'm not particularly keen on nonfiction. Of course there have been, and will be, exceptions to that rule, especially now that I'm in college. I look forward to being challenged with what I read and how I apply what I've read to my writing; I know college will be difficult, but English is definitely a class worth all the effort I intend to put into it.

To tell you a smidgen about myself, I'm Aly and I intend to get my Bachelor's degree in nursing. It's at odds with my initial paragraph about my love of books and English, I know, but I've always found medical shows intriguing. That's not to say that I'm intending to abandon English, because I'm going to minor with an English degree if I'm able. Additionally I do have another blog, it's a personal one on Tumblr, which I use to talk about my interests (Doctor Who, music, book series, etc) with people around the world and friends nearby. Other than that, nothing else to say except I hope you like my writing, and critiques are encouraged!