Cover Letter
May 25th, 2012
I always thought of myself as a pretty good writer until English 255 Latino Literature with Professor Alvarez. This class completely opened my eyes to the habitual mistakes that I make when writing. I never noticed that a paper of mine would contain on average about 20 “To Be” verbs. Everything that I learned in this class, I am now applying to my other classes when I write my papers. I am over conscious about the the verbs that I use, because my writing simply flows better with less “To Be” verbs. My MLA citation has definitely improved but I can not say I have mastered the many different variations which MLA entails. This course helped me to critically analyze different texts from poems to historical content. As far as learning about Latino Literature, I can honestly say that I appreciated learning about the culture on a deeper level than what I know from friends of Latino descent. I appreciated learning different things about the culture and the social struggles that they face as a minority group. Even though the class has A LOT of writing, I enjoyed it because of the improvement that I now see as I write. This class definitely had me questioning my other English classes and wondering why I never learned to organize PIE paragraphs or even accurately use MLA citation. Thanks Professor for taking the time “to be” 🙂 thorough. That was only one I think. Have a great summer!!!!
See also:
- Common Struggle (May 25th, 2012)
- Our racial place in Society (May 25th, 2012)
- Identification among Latinos (May 25th, 2012)
- Shades of the Border (May 25th, 2012)
- Black/White Binary in America (May 25th, 2012)
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