"Na na na na, na na na na.. hey hey hey.. I don't want to say goodbye!" :(

So my first semester of Freshman year didn’t go down in flames like I suspected it would. It was actually quite refreshing and very enjoyable. I owe that all to my English Professor, Professor Arrington. If there’s one thing that she taught me, it is that you can get through life “bs-ing”, but why not get through it being real and digging deep to try to express yourself? She taught me that, that is when you can truly feel accomplished in your work. When you work your hardest on something and really put your all into it and to get back an A or maybe a B. Not to “b.s” something, and just get an okay grade.
Professor Arrington did not only teach me how to be a better writer, but to appreciate writing as a craft. The fact that I’ve sat down this semester and written only a couple of essays and feel, for a lack of better words, “pooped”, goes to show how much real writers put into their work. It made me realize that I could never do what they do. They sit for hours, days, weeks and years putting their all just to produce one work. Major kudos’s to them for doing that but I would absolutely die!

If you are a student who is looking to improve your writing and to really dig deep to get that fat “A” that you want Professor A’s class is definitely for you. She taught me how to have structure in my writing. How to write with purpose. If you are someone who likes to “flirt with danger” by being late, absent, sleep in class, and not participate, I would still recommend this class for you! Only because I think:

1. You wont want to be late to her class because it’s fun.

2. You wont want to be absent to her class because it’s fun.

3. It would be damn near impossible to sleep in there because she is a very “live” teacher.

4. And four because you will want to participate. The issues that we discuss in there are so “juicy” that you couldn’t possibly help raising your hand and making a statement.

Professor Arrington also taught me that college doesn’t have to be a drag! You can walk into your classroom expecting “Professor Random”- an old as dirt, mean man with wired rimmed glasses who is so boring and has no enthusiasm. But in turn you can end up with “Professor mellow”- a nice, helpful, funny teacher who teaches you while making it interesting enough so that you actually want to learn it.

All in all, I am truly going to miss Professor Arrington and her class. I would definitely recommend her class to anyone willing to learn, that likes to challenge themselves. My advice for anyone taking this class would be to do your work and pay attention! Those are very cliché terms of advice but that’s all you need. The work is only difficult if you make it that way. My advice would also be to take advantage of the fact that she takes away time from her day to stay after hours to help you with your work. It can only benefit you.