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Dear future ENGL 110 students,

Congrats on making it into OHIO STATE! I hope you’re enjoying yourself so far and are learning a lot.  If you’re in this class, it must be because you are required to take it, the same was true for me.  I originally thought this class was going to be the most pointless class I’ll ever take and I assumed it was going to be just like high school English.  I was wrong on both accounts: I learned so much form this class and it was entirely nothing like high school English.  I learned how to write and organize my thoughts in an intelligent way and I also learned to express how I’m feeling without straight out saying “I think…” This class taught me how to write and how to revise my own writing, which is incredibly important to writing well written papers.  My suggestion to you in taking this class is to stay on top of your blogs.  It’s really difficult to remember, but if you wrote a lot of blogs in a row, or wrote them early in the day, you’d be more likely to write the blogs on time.  Also visiting the writing center is a great way to get other people to read your writing and to have another person’s opinion about how on track you are with your writing.  Overall, I encourage you to explore in college and write creatively.  Have fun and enjoy life!

Sincerely,

Current ENGL 110 student

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so we’re almost done! School is almost over and it makes me sad.  This school year went by so fast and I’m desperately trying to hold on to it.  I loved my first year of college and I’m afraid that next year won’t be as awesome.  I met so many people and made so many new friends.  I learned so much, I learned to think for myself, I learned how to take care of myself, I learned how to be responsible and I learned more than I can even express in words.  I wouldn’t trade my first year of college with anything because I feel like this is the best thing anyone could ever experience in the world.  Ohio state is the best school in the country and I’m proud to be a buckeye.  I came here a sheltered freshman knowing nothing about Ohio state, Columbus, or surviving in a city by myself.  I learned not to talk to strangers, I learned to walk in groups at night, I learned that a little money goes a long way if you spend it wisely.  And I also learned that laundry is very expensive.  But most of all, I learned that there are so many amazing people in the world if I were to only open up and talk to them and let them inside.  I feel like OSU is a great place to start college and I would recommend that if you’re between OSu and another school, chose OSU because you won’t regret it 

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we’re supposed to blog about anything….well I’ll talk about how weird the people who live in Columbus are.  I drove the cota but (like I always do) to the greyhound station.  My boyfriend visited this weekend from ou and there is a bus that runs there fro really cheap.  Well there are just really strange people in Columbus.  I saw so many drunk people on a Sunday! I also saw a drug deal…. I feel like such a sheltered person haha.  But I think the funniest part was my boyfriend’s expression when he saw all those people.  I think he was really shocked by how some people acted.  He goes to school at Ohio University.  If any of you know anything about OU, the school is located in Athens, Ohio.  The smallest, hick town in Ohio I think.  There are no buses, no homeless people, no crazy religious fanatics, or anything remotely out of the ordinary.  But in Columbus, those things are common and even normal.  So when he visits, I feel like I’m exposing him to too much and sort of taking him out of his element.  He always looks so uncomfortable in Columbus and it amuses me because it’s normal for me and I’m completely used to it.  I know Columbus can be a little overwhelming at times, but I love it and I love it’s craziness.  It’s an alive city and always has something going on.  I’m gonna miss this city this summer.

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Blog 67

I am blogging about how excited I am for summer break! It’s all I can think about and I’m so ready to be free from stress! Also summer is an exciting time for me because it is both my boyfriend’s birthday, my birthday, our anniversary and harry potter  7 part II is coming out! :D plus my parents are going on vacation for a whole week this summer and I’m so excited to have the house to myself and not have any rules! Ummm I’m kinda out of things to talk about.  So I guess I can talk about how I’ve done two all-nighters this week and my body is taking a long time to recover.  I always used to be able to do all-nighters no problem, but in college I have to do all-nighters quite regularly and I think my body is starting to take notice.  I’m just exhausted and my body feels sluggish the next day after the all-nighter.  I also feel weak and my limbs feel so heavy, so things like eating and carrying any type of object are just more difficult so me.  I think that this summer I’m going to take care of myself by getting enough sleep every night and drinking plenty of water to stay hydrated.  I think I might also be dehydrated because my dorm room is so hot! I live on the 11^th floor and it’s a sauna! Sleeping, studying, and sitting cause me to break out in a sweat…you get the picture.  The sooner summer is here, the sooner I can get back to being happy, healthy and comfortable!

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I’m supposed to write about anything I want today, so I’d like to talk about how excited I am for summer to begin! It’s already June their…meaning I only have 6 more days until I’m out of this hot, muggy no AC dorm and am back at home with my cat and my dog, all my friends and my family! I’m so happy to have experienced freshman year at college, but I miss home and really need a break.  Leaving is kind of bitter sweet to me because I love the people on my floor so much.  We all get along, we all hang out together and we all love to drink and go out together.  From what I’ve heard from other people at OSU, most dorm floors are really clichey and hardly get along (for the most part).  But park 11 (which is where I live) is so much not like that at all.  People on our floor leave their doors open and love when people walk in.  I feel the freedom to just walk into anyone’s room and start a conversation with them and I love that so much.  I think the first few weeks back at home are going to be quite a shock when I don’t have people around me at all times.  In a way, I feel safer that I have people living on all sides of me.  I feel like my freshman year at OSU couldn’t possibly have been better and I’m excited for next year to come! But I really hope that next year is just as good because I had the time of my life my freshman year at OSU! GO BUCKS!

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Blog 64

We’re supposed to blog about anything.  Well…I can talk about how I am the WORST procrastinator ever.  I literally had all quarter to write a 7-10 page paper and I of course waited til the night before to work on it.  I mean, I’ve been thinking a lot about it and doing the research, but it seems like that didn’t help at all.  I feel like any preliminary research I ever do is mute because my paper inevitably takes its own course and I can’t really anticipate where it’s going to go.  So mostly, I just do the research as I write the paper.  I’m sure every professor is cringing at that, but it’s true.  I’m not saying I just start right off the bat not knowing anything, I know the main history points about what I’m writing about, but I tried to look up quotes before I started writing and those quptes are pretty much useless at this point unless I’d like to write a whole paragraph just to explain one quote.  So here I am, cramming the day before a paper is due to turn this in.  I feel like this is almost inevitable at this point.  I just can’t get myself to do anything unless it’s absolutely necessary.  I really need to reevaluate my life, or else I’m gonna be trying to get by on just the bare minimum.  I feel like that describes a slacker and that’s the opposite of what I want to be labeled as.  Ok well, I have to get back to my paper.  Have a good day everyone!

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Blog 63. 

So we’re supposed to blog about anything…very broad topic and I’m not really sure what I’m supposed to talk about.  Maybe I should talk about what is annoying me at the moment.  I recently have been let down by the same person two times now and I guess my point is that I wish that I could depend on people.  I mean, if you say you’re going to do something, just do it.  I think that if you never intended to do it in the first place, then people shouldn’t open their mouths.  It’s as simple as that.  Also, I feel that some people need to understand that their words affect more than just them.  If you say one thing and don’t do it, then it has a whole ripple affect on everyone and that sometimes, the affects is a negative one.  Ok, now that that is off my chest, I’ll say that I visited my boyfriend because I had no school tomorrow (than you Leslie!) and I just found out two out of his three classes were cancelled so now that means he can spend most of the day with him! Yay! I love spending time with him, I could honestly say that I never get sick of him or his company.  I am completely out of things that I’d like to talk about and I’m just filling hti s with empty words with no meaning.  I hope you all had a great memorial day weekend with your families, I know I did!