ENGL 298 B: Intermediate Writing Social Sciences   Autumn 2011, University of Washington

The last two and a half weeks have been incredibly different for me. For starters. I’m not really used to having to budget my time and deal with free periods. I’m used to having my life scheduled out every minute, and it’s weird to have so much time on my hands. As far as writing goes, I’ve had a pretty smooth transition into college. My AP English teacher made us write a ten page research paper arguing a point that we had to come up with on our own. It really made me transition from a writer who could bang out a decent essay in an hour to a serious scholar who would have to do research before she turned in her work. In this way, it has made me prepared for this class. The paper that we are writing is very similar in form idea wise, so it’s easy to make that transition. However, I do find it hard to grasp some of the concepts that we have learned. It’s hard to differentiate between my ideas and Plato’s, but hopefully I will be able to master it before the final draft is due. Other than that, I am actually finding my transition into the first couple weeks of college to be fairly smooth, writing wise.