Reflecting on Blog 3's email and the etiquette essay

When we started doing the blogs, I had no idea what to write. In blog #3 we had to write to a friend about a bad grade that was given to us. I didn't have to indent my paragraphs or come up with a thesis statement. It was very easy to complain to friend about the grade. There was no outline or rough draft and we didn't have go to the writing center to have it proof read. At that point I thought this class was going to be easy. Then the blogs started to get more specific and the minimum word count was getting larger. I see now that they were short just to help us build up to where we are now. When we had to the email etiquette essay, we had to pretend to write to a professor about a grade we thought was wrong and had to convince the professor to reconsider it. This was something I have never done so it really was a challenge for me. We had an outline to follow and we had to come up with a thesis statement. I had to actualy think about what was being said in this email. We also had to make very specific and logical points in order to get the professor to change his or her mind about the grade. Another thing that was new in this essay was how we had to thank the professor for taking the time to read the email and sign type our name twice (one in fancy font and the other in a regular font). This excersise helped me learn more about how to write a paper to get my point across and it should prove useful in the future, if needed.