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In grade school, grammar was drilled into the curriculum. The English teachers would always have many worksheets full of ways to use commas and colons and fragments and run on sentences. It always seemed that the teachers dreaded teaching this subject, and students weren't fond of it either. After a lesson of doing continuous worksheets, all that was accomplished was frustrated students and teachers. High school didn't contain any grammar work that I can remember. The focus was more on writing a good five paragraph essay, and learning the structure of a paper. Our grammar was not corrected, but our form was.

I still don't know perfect grammar. Punctuation has always given me a hard time, and when I write papers I always second guess myself. Commas and dashes and semi colons have been my issue. However, even in class when we had worksheets on them, they all seemed to merge together. I have always hoped that the more I write, the more it will make sense to me. I think that by taking a writing seminar Freshman year I was able to narrow down my problem and make corrections. Throughout college, I hope to discover and correct other grammar issues that I have yet to notice.

With the introduction to Word documents and spell/grammar checks, it became less important to know. When I was in high school I remember relying on spelling and grammar checks to correct anything that I was unsure of. After learning that these tools were not always right, I have learned to rely on myself to determine what the correct punctuation is. Although it is a grueling subject, it is necessary to know before writing long term papers and documents.

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I came to Manhattanville College intending to major in Dance. Although I had an injury that set me back in middle and high school, I chose to ignore it and continue dancing. My freshman year I spent in all dance related classes, and spent little time thinking about other majors or activities. Half way through my sophomore year, I got injured again, and had to rethink everything. I started taking classes in many different subjects, including communications, science, and English. I enjoyed my communications classes, and thought about how I could integrate dance with them. From that point on, I have looked for different ways to relate the two, such as working at a dance magazine or doing something like PR for a dance company. By taking a wide range of communications classes, I have tried to incorporate dance into each one, and I am interested to see how this class will allow me to do that.

I am not sure what I want to do once I graduate college. My plan is to do different internships that allow me to understand the different worlds of communications, and to see which one fits me best. Right now I am doing a graphic design internship, which allows me to make posters and be creative around Manhattanville. Although I am enjoying it, I am not sure if this is the path I will choose. I hope to have another internship over the summer in a completely different field, to test my creativity in a different light.

This class will allow me to write about many different topics, and view another part of communications. It is different from many of the communications courses I have taken, and I hope to gain a new perspective of what the outcome of my career will be.

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