Farewell Address

So this is my last blog post of the semester. It's been a long, arduous journey thus far but I can say I have learned many things. Mainly, I have learned that, at 17, I was just not ready to start my freshmen year of college. After taking some time off and returning at 21, I think I'm at just the right age/time in my life where I'm ready to take this thing seriously.

This semester has proven trying to my patience and certainly my mental well being but I have to say, I have thoroughly enjoyed it. And although I did have a tendency to put off my blog posts until the end of the week (and sometimes right down to the last hour!) I always enjoyed writing them. I learned so much from doing the necessary research to write about many of my topics.

I will walk away from this English class, and this blog, with a better understanding of children, the food I eat, the things I like to do, and the country in which I live. I hope to be able to keep posting, at least every now and then, as I continue to further my education. I would definitely like to read some of my classmates blogs and am hoping that many of them continue to write regularly. I certainly cannot promise two posts a week (I mean who am I kidding? If they aren't mandatory I probably won't do them :D) but I think I would still like to have this blog as an area in which to express myself creatively.

They, although I'm unsure who "they" are, say that keeping a diary helps to enrich one's life. According to "them", if you keep a diary you are more likely to take mental notes of moments as they are happening, to better remember them so you can write about them later. Perhaps this blog will no longer serve as an arena for me to write about food, perhaps now I can use it as a place to express my feelings. To write about my daily comings and goings.

I've had a wonderful semester and I have appreciated everything that I've learned from my teachers, my classmates and myself. I hope everyone in ENG 102 can say the same.