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Dear English student,             I am here to give you an idea about what to expect in Sean Conaway’s English class. It is completely possible to get an A in his class as long as you do the work. You should expect a blog post after almost every meeting, which does get annoying but you just have to do the work. I am not a person that likes writing but I honestly enjoyed this class. Looking back on it, it wasn’t too much work and the time spent in class is almost always put towards improving the substance of your casual blog posts through analyzing the readings as a class and the other activities helped with the three major essay assignments. Expect to write a lot, but know that at least it will be something you have interest in writing about and if you don’t like one of the readings, all you have to do is talk about what parts of it made you not like it. The essays are long but through in-class activities Sean Conaway helps bre...

My relationship to writing has changed over the course of this semester. Although English still is not my favorite subject, I enjoyed taking ENGL 1204H a lot. I was expecting to completely dread English in college, so I was fortunate to have been placed in honors where I could get my 6 credits of English through one 3 credit class. I was a little nervous going into honors because I know writing is one of my weaknesses but unlike English in high school, in this English class I got to write about things that were fun to write about - I really enjoyed writing the papers I was assigned during this semester. Over the course of this semester, I have grown to like writing more and am almost sad I am done with “English,” despite knowing that I will still have to write essays and will continue to use English every day. I had already learned about rhetorical strategies in AP Language and Composition during junior year in high school, but it was nice to go over the appeals and strategies thro...