Weeks 1-2

The past 2 weeks have been a different experience for me. After having the worst semester ever last semester I came back a brand-new person ready and willing to learn and graduate. The beginning of the semester is always insane, not to mention even more insane when the last time you were in an actual class was September of the semester before. At the start of this semester, I have taken some online classes but nothing this intensive, and never had three of them at the same time. I am very nervous about taking this many online classes and sometimes my motivation to get things done is very minimal.

When I looked at the syllabus for the first time, I became very scared and overwhelmed. After receiving emails from the professor, and watching our class website, I became less overwhelmed and more confident about being able to complete the class. I became even more confident when I went to the professor during his office hours.  I am slowly settling back into campus life, but am not full in “school mode”, but as the weeks go on and I am back here full time I am fully confident that I can do this.

I am looking forward to learning all there is to learn about technical writing, and I do feel it is rather important to know how to write in a technical way for the workplace. With this being said, I also look forward to knowing how to read someone’s technical writing as well. As important as it is to be able to physically write professionally, it is just as, if not more important to understand the language to read it as well.

For the past 2 weeks in class we have been setting up this blog and learning the basics of what technical writing is. I truly struggled setting up my blog, as I am not a tech person at all. Even though I struggled I learned a lot in those challenges. One of the main things I learned is to not be afraid to fail and ask for help. In creating this blog, I failed multiple times and in being naïve I almost gave up and refused to ask for help. I am big on trying to solve the problem alone and always saw throughout my education that asking for help showed weakness to any of my fellow classmates. This semester I am hoping to get better at asking for help when I need it because, it is not weakness it is just showing strength and how smart you really are.  

I am really hoping that now that I am into the swing of school again things will go a lot smoother moving forward. As I continue to learn new and exciting things in the weeks ahead. I hope this course helps me see my writing flaws, as well as, helps me continue to help me fix the flaws that I didn’t even know I had. As we move forward in the semester, I am excited to see all the new things that can open my eyes and mind to the professional world around me.  I currently have a job at home, which I go home every weekend to do. My current position is the weekend Night Audit person at the Comfort suits, included with night audit two days a week, I do what we call “side jobs” on Monday mornings. For now, the position is only part time, but I have been guaranteed full time in May after graduation. There has even been talk about me possibly taking over and over-see the day-to-day operation of our wedding venue attached to the hotel. If this happens this class will come in handy every day. I will need to interact with other professionals and the everyday public on a daily basis. I am super excited about this class and looking forward to see more it has to offer me.