James McAuley
Professor Young
ENGW 1101 3G
January 29th, 2016
Getting to Know You
- If you play a sport, type of sport do you play? How long have you been playing this sport?
I do not play a sport, as is evident by my round and doughy figure. However, during my time in high school, I was a member of the swimming team for two years.
- What are you passionate about? For example, in your free time, what do you enjoy doing the most?
I do not have any one or two things that I am particularly passionate about. There are some things I enjoy doing, but I would never confuse my enjoyment of these activities with passion. If I had to choose something, I would choose either reading or cooking, as both fulfill different hungers of mine.
- What the THE MOST ridiculous lie you have ever told? Why did you tell this lie?
While I have told many lies in my life, none have been so big as lying about my gender, and living 18 or so years as the opposite gender. However, if I was to choose one, I would have to choose a time I got into a car accident. It wasn't really a car accident, all that happened was that my car skidded during a left turn, and rammed my right-side tires and wheels against the curb in a way that car wheels should not be treated, and it knocked them out of alignment. It was not my fault entirely; it had just started raining, and the brakes on my car were also loose, I had an appointment to repair them later that week. However, I also had to fix these wheels. So, I did the responsible thing, and told my parents. However, I feigned any knowledge of how it happened, just that my wheels were severely messed up. So, my parents agreed that the problem was one that needed to be addressed sooner rather than later, so when I went to the car repair garage later that week, I also requested my wheels be looked at. They found that the wheels were out of alignment, and the repairs cost several hundreds of dollars, which my parents begrudgingly paid. However, to this day, my parents believe that I did not know how that happened to my car.
- When you write, do you just sit at the computer and allow the words to flow or do you have an outline?
Mainly, I just sit at a computer and allow words to flow, but I would generally have a vague outline in mind of what I want to write in the first place.
- How would you describe your writing experience so far? What do you most want to learn from this course?
So far in life, whenever I wrote, I may have occasionally written something that some would have considered great, but overall, I think I would be more or less average. I don’t think that I’m a great writer, and the main thing I want to learn from this course is how to improve my writing.
What was the name of the most recent book you’ve read from cover to cover?
The Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski.
- How often do you write on social media?
Not often, I don’t use social media often, I prefer to have actual interactions with my friends.
- What is most important for you to learn this semester?
I would it would be important for me to improve my writing skills, as that is one of the most important skills I would need for law school, which I hope to attend after I graduate.
- What is your definition of a hero?
A hero is someone who will do something that is right, at the cost of themselves. They sacrifice themselves for their friends, family, or even complete strangers. John Brown is a prime example of this, risking his life so slaves can be free.
- When was the last time you failed at something? What did you learn from this experience?
Last semester, I failed a class. I learned that I should focus more on my studies and buckle down to improve my GPA, which took quite a plunge after last semester.
- Rate yourself as a writer: A, B, C or D. Explain why.
