Blog Assignment 1

My name is Tracy Barron and I am 36 years old, married, with two great kids. My son, Connor, is 9 and my daughter, Allie is 7. I have been with my husband for almost 13 years. I am an Elementary Education major and I graduate in the fall. After graduation, I plan to move wherever I can find a job. As part of my work-study grant, I was the student worker for three semesters at the Jackson County teaching site until its recent closure.
I have always loved to write and, depending on the subject, I think I am pretty good at it. I do best with writings that allow me to use my sense of humor a bit. I have a knack for finding the funny side of a subject. This gets me into trouble at times because sometimes funny is not necessarily appropriate.
This brings me to the question asked in our assignment regarding writing "breaking down" or failing. This happens to me most often when writing e-mails or text messages. Because I have a dry, somewhat odd sense of humor, I tend to employ a lot of sarcasm. This gets me into trouble because tone of voice, while imperative to convey meaning, does not transfer well through the written word.
Over the last two years that I have been at USM, I have written a lot of summaries and reflections. I particularly enjoyed writing the reflections because they allowed me to write about what I know best, my own opinion. It was mentioned in one of the literacy classes that I have taken, that reflections were harder to write than summaries. I do not agree with this. For me, it is always easier to write about my own feelings, opinions, or beliefs regarding a topic than it is to try to figure out someone else’s motivations or intent. I am hoping that this class will help me in that area.