What I like about writing...

Writing classes have always held an idea in my head of monotony because of the form, structure and group activities that have never appealed to me. While I do enjoy writing, I do not care for most academic writing classes, because I feel like the writing is so contrived and formulated that there is not a lot of room for creativity, which is what I like best. The research we are doing in class does have a structure of what we are supposed to write about, but I feel as though we have more freedom to write however we want, as long as we hit the points we are supposed to. This is in large part due to freedom from the five paragraph essay.
One thing that has been bothersome to me is that I feel like I don’t always know what’s going on; like when things are due, what’s coming up, etc. I know we are moving quickly through the quarter, but I feel confused on what chapters in Pollan we should read and by when, when different papers will be do, and different assignments we have are due. This bothers me because I like to plan things out and know what is due and when. I think I just need to pay more careful attention and infer things more.
One thing I really like about this class is that we meet only once a week for an hour and twenty minutes rather than a three hour lecture, like most once a week classes. I feel as though this really cuts down on the amount of “busy work” activities like we did in 39B. Having class once a week holds me more accountable for getting my work done, which actually helps me budget my time better, because I know I have to get stuff done if there are other things going on that I want to do.