This semester I have grown so much as a writer I think. At first just starting to write a sentence was hard for me, but now once I have an idea I can write pages consecutively without needing a break. My confidence in my writing has grown tremendously, especially when it comes to formatting of a paper. Moving forward in my next writing classes or even other classes that may have writing, I’ll be able to use my new formatting skills to integrate sources and make my writing easier for my reader to understand what I’m trying to say. Although I used some formatting in high school, we mostly used MLA formatting. So getting to college and having to learn APA was a big adjustment for myself being so used to something else. Learning about different writing disciples this semester has really been able to help me understand the context of any text I’m reading more efficiently. Just by looking at formatting and structure I am starting to be able to tell what type of writing it may be. Whether it’s humanities or even natural sciences. I will be able to use the skills I’ve learned this semester throughout my whole time here at Longwood and even after that in my career. I believe this is a perfect class for freshmen coming into college writing. College writing has been so much different then in high school and without this class I wouldn’t even know where to start. Before Writing and Rhetoric I didn’t even know about APA formatting which is crazy because that is what is used in my career. Without this I wouldn’t be prepared for future classes or even writing reports in the hospital. I’m grateful to have learned so much over the course of such a short time frame, I have grown so much as a writer but also as a person.