I am expecting to learn to write more eloquently. For instance, even after two revisions, the previous sentence is awkwardly hosting the word "to" twice, in close proximity. I believe that, by writing regularly enough with critical feedback, I will be able to express thoughts with smoothness and clarity.
ON A RELATED TOPIC
I disagree with the idea proposed in class today that a student writer could be at a disadvantage because their work has no room to improve. I think, or, more accurately, I hope, that developing writing skills do not follow a linear path. I want to believe that learning to write will not be like a giraffe, growing taller its whole life to reach the most valuable leaves (that only appear on the very top of trees.) Rather, the process will be an octopus, with its numerous appendages growing outwards in many directions; one leg may sieze a delicious crab, another reaches to investigate a suspicious fissure in the coral. If the reader has lost faith in this analogy, imagine me as a carpenter in a department store. There are many tools, and the more I aquire, the more jobs I can carpent.
ADDITIONALLY
I expect this course to (continue to) be a source of interesting conversation with the entire class. I'm excited to see where the discussions will lead. "Designing for Effective Change" seems to me an ambiguous enough topic to support a wide array of stimulating debates.
