Introduction Post

My name is Marie, and I am a 29 year old college student attending school at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. I am a General Studies major who plans to transfer to George Mason University, where I will be a Social Work major. I eventually want to become a social worker or a counselor to teenagers with problems such as drug use or depression.

Some things about me are that I am passionate about music and going to concerts - I am seeing Panic at the Disco for the second time this year in October - and hanging out with friends, watching movies or just getting coffee. I enjoy spending a lot of my time on the computer - including blogging actually. I have several blogs where I talk about music, politics, popular culture and my personal life. I have many friends online who I enjoy talking with through email, instant messaging, and text message, as well as through social networks such as Facebook and LiveJournal.

I am taking English 112 because it is required in order to take the 2 literature classes I need for my degree. English 112 actually does not count towards my major, but it is a prerequisite for taking the literature classes - English Literature and American Literature - that I need.

I am hoping to get several things out of this class. As with taking English 111, I hope this class will help improve my writing and communication skills. I hope to become a more critical thinker and improve my ability to argue and make my points come across succesfully. I believe I improved my writing, argumentative and rhetorical skills after completing English 111, and that I will improve even more by taking English 112.