Final Blog Assignment (Reflection)

In this professional writing class, I have learned many new things that have helped me to improve my writing skills. In the beginning of this semester, I struggled with my wording, paragraphing, and researching. I also struggled with being able to intertwine other stories, within my main story. This class has helped me to improve these things dramatically. Each and every Sports Literature class that I attended this semester had taught me something new everyday. Now when I read a story, I am able to pick out the way the author structured their piece, the research they used, the different wording that they included, and the way that they intertwined different stories within their piece. I also learned the importance of having other people read your piece, before you turn in your final copy. This is because the people who read your piece can give you their input as to what they think you should add, and they can also pick out grammar mistakes that you may have overlooked when you were writing your piece. Another key thing I have learned is that revision is important because by revising your work, you can make it better.


By being able to notice these things, it shows me what I need to include in my pieces to make them successful. Now when I write my pieces, I include many different sections with different stories within stories. I also now include lots of research, which helps to make my story more interesting. I found these Sports Literature classes to be very helpful in helping me improve my writing capabilities. I find my stories to more interesting than they were before, and I have you to thank for that. Thank you for everything you have taught me! Hopefully one day I might have a story published.

Ronaldinho

Today, when I should have been studying, I was surfing through You Tube. I was looking for some amazing soccer tricks,skills, when I came across videos of Ronaldinho de Assis Moreira. I must say that he is absolutely amazing, and I believe that he is better than David Beckham. The skills and tricks that he can preform are unbelievable.



It is a shame over here in our country, that more people don't watch soccer. Sure at times when you have to go to an elementary, high school, or college game they may be boring to watch; however, the things they can do in the professional soccer leagues are just plain amazing. The only reason I believe that more people over here do not watch soccer because it isn't about knocking someone over, or beating the crap out of them. That is basically what we, as Americans love to see. However soccer is more about mental, and skilled abilities because you are running the whole game without stopping, and you have to be skillful with your feet. It is unfair that our soccer leagues are not as popular because there are many talented soccer players out there.


While kind of on the subject, I think that it is unfair that more than half of our population over in America, do not support women's professional sports. Yes, there is professional basketball, but no one pays attention to it. Very rarely is there any media coverage for it, it is very sad. There is also women's professional volleyball team, that never ever gets any coverage. More than half the people who read this blog more than likely did not know that a women's professional volleyball league existed.

I was extremely excited when a women's professional soccer league was starting to grow, however it did not last long because there wasn't enough support for it. The United States needs to emphasize the importance of women's professional sports, and have them covered more often because by us not having things like those for our young girls to strive for, we are teaching them that girls are not as good as boys. When in fact, girls can be just as good, if not better.

Finals

I came up with a plan that I think that all colleges should allow their students to choose from. I believe that all colleges should give their students the option of whether or not they want to take finals. The last two weeks of school, I believe that all teachers should tell their students what their grades are at that point in time. If you are satisfied with the grade that you have in that class, before finals come up, you should be allowed to say hey I want to keep this grade. The school should allow you to choose whether or not you want to take finals. This is because if your grades are good enough and satisfying enough to you at this time, why stress out over upcoming tests, when you are already doing well in the class. I have thought about this in my previous years at my community college, and I think this would be a great idea. Not only is it beneficial to the students, because they do not have to stress out and they also can go home early, but the teachers can benefit too. This is because if they only have a couple of students who want to take their final, then they only have a few tests to grade. Not only does this lighten up their work load, but it does not stress them out as much when it comes to getting grades in by a certain time. They also get to start their vacation early when they give this option to their students. Therefore these are the reasons as to why I believe that finals should be optional.