Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Goals

My goal for this semester is to learn more about grammar so that I can become a better writer. I believe that it takes a lot of effort on the side of picky grammar rules in order to appear to be a competent and qualified writer in any field. Although I don't want to go into journalism directly, I know that everything else that I want to do will take excellent writing skills.

My public education before college was fantastic, but the one thing that I felt it lacked was a focus on grammar. I have the natural understanding of linguistics that I can tell when something sounds incorrect within a sentence, but I have no idea why. Ultimately, by the end of this course, I would love to be able to know why I'm editing papers/articles/etc. in the ways that I am. I want to be able to identify the elements of the sentence structure and analyze what went wrong. Having a strong understanding of the written English language will help me be able to sell myself as a job candidate after I graduate.

Kristen