I found this week's information to be very helpful and interesting. I was especially interested in the section on sports guidelines. It is interesting to me how in-depth the information for sports reporting is. Normally sports is not a huge interest of mine so I learned a lot. Strangely I learned quite a bit about sports by just reading this section. As I am interested in horses I found all of the detailed information on horses very exciting. As horse racing is a very lucrative industry I am not surprised that a lot of information is provided on it.
This book has become essential in my studies. I have used it more than I ever expected. I find myself looking up information for all of my classes, not just this one. I admit, sheepishly, that I have been reliant on spell-check for far too long. It does not catch all mistakes, but until now I assumed it caught enough. I was re-reading a speech I wrote for a competition in high school and was embarrassed by all of the mistakes I now see. I will continue to use this book for the remainder of my college career and throughout my professional career. With the career path I have chosen it has become more and more apparent that good writing skills are absolutely a must.
I know what you mean about stumbling upon useful bits of information. When looking up rules in the AP Stylebook I too am often discovering cool facts about random things. An unexpected aspect that makes the class all that more beneficial.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed reading the sports section and was really glad that they had it separate and easy to reference in the book. I really learned a lot!! We also agree on the fact that this book has become essential in my studies, and will be for more than just this class. We can't depend on spell-check and it will help in the future with many of the writing assignments that will come!
ReplyDeleteI can also see how this book can help me in my career path. I am an Org Comm major and my emphasis is Training and Development. If I really end up where I would like to be I will use so much written communication. I'm sure I will always use this book.
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