"What do you hope this semester reveals for you? [about your purpose, goals, personhood?]"
I want this semester to push my persistence and strengthen my ability to stick with a faster-paced course than what I'm used to. While also enhancing my writing style and truly finding my voice in writing.
"What kind of impact would you like to leave on our class community, your audience?"
I want to write and express my ideas about political or social topics that confront big ideas that actually can be broken down through a deconstruction of constructed thought. Asking why this social acceptance is the norm, I want to write and criticize the poor telling of history, and point out the pieces of history that aren't connected.
"What do you foresee being the challenge, Sweat, for you this semester? What do you feel that you need to confront in the writing process?"
Putting words down can be tough for me initially, but that comes down to how much forethought I give to them. Some of my best writing ideas started as topics I became well-versed in through personal interest. A personal connection is huge, especially when writing a larger paper. The more passion I have, the more words I have.
"Finally, think about your academic principles and career goals— what kind of knowledge do you think will be useful, even essential, to your future success?"
Learning to simplify a complex, drawn-out idea into a profound and concise one is my larger goal as a writer. I don't want to be deep necessarily. I want my words to mean what they are. Making my ideas digestible while working with others will help me verbalize and describe the ideas I have for songs. And sometimes that's better accomplished with fewer words.