Wk 2- Entry #2 Case Study

The hardest accomplishment for me while writing a paper is getting distracted by others. Many students may disagree with me and some may agree. But while you’re sitting in class trying to think of something to write and you hear the sounds of students typing on the keyboards it’s very distracting and hard to ignore. That piece of writing that your going to talk about in your paper is not going to get very far, because you can’t concentrate on what your writing and you keep having the sounds of keyboards in the back of your mind. Students think it’s easier to wear headphones while writing papers and it blocks out the noises. Classmates listen to music softly or loudly on the headphones to help them prepare for their papers; however, others don’t need the courage to listen to music and rather have they just blocked out the sound completely. I don’t like it when students start out writing for their papers and they end up getting ahead of others. It makes me feel like I can’t get ahead of the game. Everybody has different paces of typing a paper and thinks of different setups. I normally prefer doing a 5-10 minute outline on what I’ll be covering over in my paper. It’s hard to think of more elaborating details to your examples while preparing for this paper if you do not choose to write an outline.
While I’m preparing a paper at home, I have to be in a room alone, listening to low music, and it helps me think of brighter thoughts for the paper. I can’t have anybody interrupt me while writing because I’ll lose my train of thought. It’s too much for me to start a conversation with someone and then try and go back to what I was writing about. On the other hand, if I’m in the classroom I freeze up and can’t think of anything to write about. Students prefer different areas to be in there comfort zone to write papers. They may prefer being with a group of people or listening to loud music, but everybody has different opinions towards their writing technique.
In Conclusion, many students may have the same aspects as I do while preparing for a paper. For instance, they are being distracted by others from keyboards, losing train of thought by blanking out, or not thinking of something to write about. So don’t have any of these points get in the way of you preparing for a paper.