This entry discusses another reading that really resonated with me. This reading was one of the predominate reasons that I was able to enjoy this class so much, it complements Dr. Warwick’s style of teaching extremely well in the sense that she doesn’t want us to write for length, rather, she wants us to write enough for it to be meaningful.

In the reading “Ignorance” was a quote that was made by Pascal was referenced, it went something like “I would have been briefer [in my writing] if I had had more time.” For some strange reason this quote blew my mind. It elicited new ideas in me that were previously undiscovered and unexplored. It seems like, up until now at least, that I have been conditioned to write strictly for a grade and without the freedom to write how I choose, or write on a subject that is interesting to me. Because of this, rather than seeking to minimize the amount of words I use– be concise and both efficient and effective in my writing, I have been writing to simply fulfill word count, to put symbols on a page with little thought to their significance. In reality, the shorter, the more streamline and concise one can be in their writing, the more compelling and influential that writing will be. This is something that I will strive to achieve from now on, and specifically in this class. I’m looking forward to the challenge.