Coming into ILS I had no idea what to expect. A friend of mine told me that in his ILS class they worked on writing one paper the entire time. To be honest I was not looking forward to this. It was a pleasant surprise when I found out we were writing in blogs. I have never written in a public forum such as a blog and I was excited to finally use a blog. I did not expect to learn as much as I did in this class. Never before have I learned about rhetoric like this. This class opened up a whole new world of communication to me. It allowed me to analyze my communication as well as the communication of people around me. Never again will I listen to a politician speak without listening for a straw man fallacy. In the future I will be able to balance the amount of pathos, logos and ethos in my arguments. I learned how to not only speak more effectively, but also listen more effectively to arguments posed by other people. Overall I am very satisfied with what I am taking from this class.
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