Nancy White Reflection

On Wednesday, September 13th, I attended a reading in the gallery. The reading was done by professors and while attending this reading I learned multiple things. I didn’t know that there are many professors that do outside writing and some of them get their writings published. I guess I just assumed that they only taught. This was very interesting for me because it wasn’t only English teachers that write outside of school. For example, speech teachers also get their work published. Professor Nancy White is a speech teacher, and she has three small poems books published. This gives me a lot more reassurance in my education here and it helped me decide whose personality or work I liked. By listening to the reading I felt like I got an insight on …show more content…
I learned that it’s okay to write wherever you are. I also learned to be confident in my work. This man that read was confident in his work and read it beautifully. This is important to me because although I do enjoy writing, it is not a strong point of mine. If I am writing about something that I love and I feel passionate about then I feel like I do just fine and I don't feel as nervous about my work. Not one speaker that I watched present their work seemed nervous about their work, everyone seemed confident. Although I did enjoy listening to the specific readings, my main takeaway from attending this Writer's Project session was that writing doesn't have to only be educational nor done for educational purposes. I learned that what you write down on a piece of paper could be about anything as long as it means something to you. This was eye-opening for me because it makes me want to take out a piece of paper and just enjoy the thoughts being written down. I learned many things by going to this reading and I plan to attend more because I like to listen to the professors read, just as much as they enjoy presenting it to us. I hope each time I attend I learn something