Getting to know me

Patrick Darling
English 1100
8-27-15
Prof. Young

Getting to know me

1. If you play a sport, what type of sport do you play? How long have you been playing this sport?

- I use to run Track and Field for Morris Hills High School for 3 years.

2. What are you passionate about? For example, in your free time, what do you enjoy doing the most?

- I am passionate about games, both traditional and video games, as well as drawing, more specifically cartoons.

3. What is you nickname and how did you get this name?

- My nickname was always just Pat or Darling, you can probably guess how. Some people did call me Gameboy on the track team, because I would always bring a Gameboy to our Track meets.

4. When you write do you just sit at the computer and allow the words to flow or do you have an outline?

- I usually just let the words flow, I feel as though it is sometimes a downfall for me however, since sometimes I will unintentionally repeat myself.

5. How would you describe your writing experience in high school? For example did your teachers allow you multiple times for you to revise your essays to earn a higher grade? Did you learn grammar rules and structure? Did you learn about the five paragraph structure?

- We were given a prompt, most of the time related to what we had read in book we had read and our essay was about that. Once we finished that was it, we turned it in for a final grade. When it comes to grammar and structure, everything sounds much better in my head, but the same sound doesn't make it to the paper. Almost every single essay I've wrote was in a 5 paragraph or less structure.

6. What type of music do you most listen to and who is your favorite band?

- My taste of music is always changing, I'll go from classic rock, to folk punk, and right now I am really into indie rock. With the different tastes of genres, same goes for favorite bands, right now following my indie rock trend, my favorite is Two Door Cinema Club.

7. Do you use social media and if so how often do you use social media: facebook, Twitter, Snap Chat, Instagram.

- I'm not big on any form of social media at all. I stopped using facebook 5 years ago, and there are only a select few people I actually Snap Chat.

8. What is most important for you to learn this semester?

- If we are talking about specifically writing class, then I really would like to improve my writing where I don't just lose myself while I'm writing it. However, if we just talking about any thing this semester it would be to learn more about programing since I am a Computer Science major.

9. Rate yourself as a writer: A, B, C or D. Explain why.

- C. I like writing when I am open to write whatever I like, more of stories, however, I struggle whenever I'm given a prompt, or an assignment where I am not allowed to give a lot of my creative side to shine. I also rush whenever I try to write, which makes my work sloppy.