Intro-Post 1

My name is Sara Dorsten and I am a junior and an Athletic Training major at Ohio University. I'm from Celina, Ohio which is a small farm town about an hour north of Dayton and three hours from Athens. I come from a pretty average family from a pretty average town. I have four sisters and no brothers, one dog named Zoey, and I'd like to think I am outgoing. My favorite colors are green and pink, if I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life it would be cookie dough, and I absolutely hate cold weather and plan to move south as soon as I graduate. Some of the things that interest me are: reading, watching sports, playing tennis and softball, water skiing and boating, watching movies, camping, and hanging out with my friends.

Exactly two years ago I took my ENG 151 class and I actually enjoyed it more than I though I would. I'm not a big fan of writing papers and I honestly don't think I am very good at it. The most rewarding point of ENG 151 was that one of our topics was to write about something that had to do with our major. That was probably my favorite paper we had to write because I learned more about what Athletic Training was about and figured out that it was definitely what I wanted my career to be. What I didn't like about ENG 151 was that I had to buy 3-4 books for that class that we rarely ever used. Ironically, I also had to have a blog for my ENG 151 class. At first I was hesitant about it and didn't think I would like using it, but however it seemed to be pretty effective and interesting.

After looking over the syllabus, I am a little overwhelmed with the amount of work it looks like we're going to have. I'm taking 18 credit hours and I also have clinical observations everyday with the OU women's basketball team, so my schedule gets a little crazy at times. However, I think that it is interesting how we are going to be looking at the digital age and not doing a "cookie-cutter" type of english course. Most of my classes are science courses and the only time I actually write papers is for english courses, so I haven't had tons of practice. This course actually reminds me of my ENG 151 course, and if it does turn out to be anything like it then I'm sure I'll end up enjoying it more than I think I will as of right now.

I hope by the end of this course I am able to grow as a writer and become a little more confident. I am worried about the amount of work, but as long as my time management is on it's A-game then it shouldn't be a problem.