Response to "HS to College Writing"

 I found this article to be a very interesting one.  It was written by Patty Strong and she wrote about the difference between writing in high school and writing in college.  She states that, "writing is thinking."  I can agree with that.  You can't write a good paper without a good thought process to work with. If you have no thought process, you'll end up rambling on and on about nothing.  A perfect example would be me bringing up the fact that she mentions "The Scarlet Letter" in her writing and having me state that I hate that book.  It has nothing to do with what this blog post is about.  This post is about the transition from writing in high school to writing in college. It's not that abomination of a book called "The Scarlet Letter."  Anyway, I digress.  

Patty Strong goes on to state that college writing is different because it "goes beyond the limited conception that writing is writing."  I also agree with this. although I haven't had to write many papers in college yet seeing as this is my first writing class as a college student, the writings I have done have been completely different.  The thought process for college papers is completely different from that of high school papers.  She also states that writing should produce thought.  This is also true. While writing papers you often have to consider what you just wrote and what you're going to write next.

Another thing Patty Strong states is that we are responsible for our own education.  I agree for the most part.  It's up to us to get to class and make sure we are on time.  It's also our responsibility to make sure we get all of our homework on time. We're paying to go to college, we have to make it worth our money.

A final thing that Patty Strong states is that we will want to write well in college. I agree completely.  We have to want to write well to write a good paper. We all want a good grade and you need a good paper for one.  I also agree when she says that the illiterate of this century will be those who have problems with learning.  Pretty much everyone can read nowadays so the status of "illiterate" kind of shifts.  For the most part, I agree with her article about the transition from high school papers to college papers.