Final Post

I have 76 points in total from all of my readings. Adding 14 to each class attended brings that up to 90.

Each of my blog posts relates to how I felt within my experience with each novel and delves into detail about the themes, characters, and form of the prose that interest me as a writer. I made sure each read as a short, personal essay that's clear, concise, and concrete in the points I wanted to address. Sometimes I combined the week's short stories into one giant essay that addressed the prompt for the week, other times I didn't have as much wiggle room in my schedule and took them one at a time. 

 I've missed only one class due to a tech error. However, I've never gone to a class without sharing what I've read and my thoughts about them, even responding to other classmates' points of discussion. I enjoy these genres immensely and, despite the early mornings, looked forward to what my classmates learned on their own readings. 

According to the syllabus, a 90 falls within a B+ for a grade. I've done that amount of work, so that should be my grade for the class. 

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