So for some reason writing this essay was extremely difficult for me. When I got to class i was worried that nothing i wrote about would be discussed and my worst, failing fears, would be confirmed. Instead I arrived in class to an introduction on difficulty. This is a talk I never thought I would hear coming from one of my University Professors. For some reasons I have this view that in University you are left to the wolves, and your own devises. Probably because that’s the feeling that was opposed on me in high school and it is hard to shake. Needless to say I was excited to see the topic of difficulty openly discussed today. It made me feel that maybe my Profs do understand what we’re going through.
I will argue, however, that complaining can be productive. Sometimes if I’m really worked up on a piece of work I have to do I need to vent. If I don’t vent my mind will never be able to focus at the task at hand. This is when calling my mom or my boyfriend comes into effect. I’ll have my rant about how I don’t get it, or the expectations are unclear (not in this class of course) and then I’ll start to bounce ideas about the project. Before I know it I’ve gone from complaining to my outline in one swift shot.
A couple points on what Dr. Pound said.
a) Writing is thinking. What a profound thought!!
b) Think process not product. Between this and writing is thinking, I may have just been given the answer to my procrastinating problems
c) I think about a piece of work, what I want to say etc but am so wrapped up on the end result I don’t start writing. I’m definitely going to try these two ideas for the next essay
One final thought, Dr Pound is completely right...my room is cleanest right before an exam.
I will argue, however, that complaining can be productive. Sometimes if I’m really worked up on a piece of work I have to do I need to vent. If I don’t vent my mind will never be able to focus at the task at hand. This is when calling my mom or my boyfriend comes into effect. I’ll have my rant about how I don’t get it, or the expectations are unclear (not in this class of course) and then I’ll start to bounce ideas about the project. Before I know it I’ve gone from complaining to my outline in one swift shot.
A couple points on what Dr. Pound said.
a) Writing is thinking. What a profound thought!!
b) Think process not product. Between this and writing is thinking, I may have just been given the answer to my procrastinating problems
c) I think about a piece of work, what I want to say etc but am so wrapped up on the end result I don’t start writing. I’m definitely going to try these two ideas for the next essay
One final thought, Dr Pound is completely right...my room is cleanest right before an exam.
I also had the fear put into me all through high school that once you get to university, the professor's do not care about you. Scott Pound erased that for me as well, or atleast in Intro to Literary Theory. The discussion on difficulty was great!!! And you brought up multiple valid points from the discussion. I completely agree that writing is thinking, and personally I could scribble small idea's that are not grammatical, and to anyone else make no sense, but slowly I progress into solitary idea's and then I support them. I progress slowly by doing this, and before I know it I'm correcting, and I have a product!
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