Sigma Tau Delta Textual Analysis

The Sigma Tau Delta provided students the opportunity to spread their voice through their writings at this conference held on April 13, 2016. Katie Riegel, a writer, poet, editor, teacher, publisher and blogger started off the conference with her words of wisdom. Through her message, we learn the importance of what she does and how to succeed as English majors in the world that we live in today. As writers and critics, what we do matters. In other words, we matter. In a world filled with the increase need of majors involving Math and Science, we start to see that English majors are not so common anymore. We face questions such as “What are you going to do with an English major?” People must see the importance of English majors and how English can effect us in a positive way. Prime Minister/Politican of Canada, …show more content…
We must send our work to them in order to learn from our mistakes. Successful writers are the ones who keep trying. We can’t be lucky if we don’t try. The third rule she mentioned was to recognize systems because our systems may be unfair. We live in a society that is in a crisis. The problem is not within us. We must see the unfairness to be the change. For instance, the profit teachers make is minimin for the impact/effect that they have on the world/us throughout our life. If we recognize the system, we can be the one to break the rules and be the change in the world. The last rule she spoke of was for us to know our strengths. We live in a world were we have easy access to technology. If we follow these steps, we can create sustainability. We must take risks and learn new things in order to be the next wave to create what the world hasn’t seen. The Sigma Tau Delta Conference provided a feeling of a sense and place to English majors which is hard to find in the world that we live in today. Katie Riegel greatly influences me to spread the importance of English