My name is Jakki Varnado. I generally go by Jak (pronounced "Jack"). I've been in college way longer than I should have been so I've had quite a bit of experience writing. My major now is Criminal Justice. In the past I have majored in Biology, Chemistry, Religion, and History. This somewhat explains my excessive stay here.
I've written reports, critiques, and all manner of other documents. Within my major I have written numerous papers on how I would analyze laws or certain legal doctrines. The only workplace writing that I can think of that I have done off hand is run reports when I worked at Hattiesburg Fire Department. These are short narratives that give important information about what occured on a particular call. I can't think of any writing I've done for general audiences.
I don't particularly mind writing, I just don't particularly enjoy it either. The most lothesome form of writing I can think of is writing checks. I hate authorizing people to take my money.
Writing is especially difficult to me when I have no interest in the topic or feel that the assignment has no practical application. I am aware that this is generally not the case but when I feel like I am wasting my time I usually end up doing so (youtube, minesweeper, banging head on desk, etc.) and my assignment takes twice, nay, thrice as long as it should. I think that a large deal of this general lack of interest in topics that are not of my chosing in part stems from my inability to self motivate when it comes to doing things that I consider "work".
As far as what I would like to learn from this course about writing goes--despite how much of it I've done, I don't claim to know much of anything about writing so I'm sure that I will find any material in this class informative and helpful.
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