I. Thlog

This past week has been much tougher that I had expected that it would be, but besides that, this writing class has been a nice break in between all of the math and science classes that are constantly trying to jam factual information into my head. I honestly thought going into this class that I would have a hard time getting back into the swing of reading and writing as it's been a while since I have taken a writing class or even any GE's classes that have writing assignments. But through this first week I've realized that I think I'll be okay, and I'm pretty excited to see what else I'm going to learn this quarter. 

Having said that, I've already retained quite a bit of information from classes and readings. One of the exercises that I enjoyed the most this past week was naming conventions of horror films and watching the films to see which ones had the conventions that the class came up with. It was interesting to me how movies in the same genre could be so similar, but so different at the same time. Some of the horror films had the same conventions as others, but there would also be differences. I also found it interesting how some people would name certain conventions of horror movies that I would never thought of, such as the "pre-murder uh oh pause" or the "narrow, tough to escape hallways/rooms". They were all conventions that I recognized as horror film conventions once they were said, but that I would have never though of on my own if someone were to ask me to name horror film conventions.