After I had finished my fall semester, I was puzzled about what classes I could possibly take for my spring semester. I took the usual prerequisites, took my main history class, and decided to take a writing class. After I had finished Composition Two, I really felt an urge to take a writing class, since for the first time in my life; writing became something I actually enjoyed. Looking up classes one day, I found this class called, “Careers in Writing Arts” and figured it would not hurt to sign up and see what it’s about. At the time, I had no idea what I had just enrolled in, I simply thought in scenarios, best case, I would learn what was at the end of the road for a writer and careers they can get into and see if I could truly see myself writing for the rest of my life. The worst case scenario, it was a one credit course, and if writing did not capture my soul and become something I had to do, I could just refocus my efforts into history and take what I learned from writing into my history essays. Going into the class, I thought there would be some sophomores, and juniors, maybe a couple of seniors, however, it was completely opposite. The majority of the students were seniors, two juniors, and I was the only sophomore in the class, it definitely felt nerve-wracking, especially since these students were mostly writing arts majors, at most, I only had two writing classes under my belt, I definitely felt a little pressured.
However, after coming out of this class, I am elated to say that this class actually really helped me, the way I functioned was, I should figure out my possible end result should be after graduating, and after this class, I can confidently say, I am now further aware of writing careers and graduate school. This was the first time that graduate school had ever crossed my mind; I had always figured that my college life would completely end when I received my B.A. in History at Rowan. Now, I fully realize that graduate school is an option for me, and while my sister is now thinking about graduate school herself, I feel a little relieved about being aware of it a little earlier then she was. While this class certainly was short, I felt challenged, and I also feel better about my writing ability because of this class, looking back on this class, I feel that it was worth my time and patience.