After taking nine years off from college to focus on work and life experiences, Lucas is back at FRCC eager to complete his degree. Lucas plans on getting his Associate of Arts from FRCC, then using this degree to transfer to the University of Colorado Denver where he intends to become a Medical Positions Assistant.
While continuing to work two jobs at two different construction sites, Lucas is returning to FRCC as a full-time student, taking sixteen credit hours this semester. In accordance to his job duties, Lucas has to write many business emails but occasionally, when he has free time, he writes “songs for [his] guitar and performs them for [his] dog” said Lucas. Lucas is very familiar with Microsoft Word and navigating his email, as these are what he uses on a regular basis, but when it comes to navigating the World Wide Web, Lucas is pretty new. Lucas said that “[he] grew up before computers were really popular”, so he never had the desire to explore the internet. With the rare exception of catching up with friends on Facebook, Lucas does not use social media, as he believes that it is “pointless and stupid”.
Being away from an English class for over ten years, and email being the extent of his writing upkeep, Lucas is worried about remembering all of the rules of writing, specifically Lucas mentioned “citing and parentheticals”. Lucas’ main goal for English 121 is to see any type of improvement in his writing skills. One of Lucas’ main worries for the school year is being able to manage his time. Lucas explained that “between classes, work, and having a life, finding a balance is going to be difficult”. For myself, I agree with Lucas, in the sense that I feel that it is going to be difficult to find a balance. I too work, am taking nineteen credit hours this semester, and want to have some kind of social life. Even though it may be difficult, I plan on finding this balance that way I can achieve success. Through this class, I am hoping to learn to remove the fluff to make my writing clear and concise. Lucas’ favorite genre of music is 60’s and 70’s rock, as that is what he grew up on. According to Lucas, “[his] mother was a hippy that would only listen to this music, Bob Dylan in particular”. I grew up on all genres of music, so I pretty much will listen to anything. I would say that my top three genres of music are country, pop and alternative.
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