Are Your Dendrites are Growing?

This week has been full of useful material. As I reflect back to my attitude towards writing during the first week of classes and compare it to this week, already there is a noticable change. I am actually starting to not "judge a book by its cover". For instance, when I was given the assignment to read, "Thinking Rhetorically About Good Writing", I instantly felt a heaviness come upon me. Why do instructors always give these stupid reading assignments?! Why can't they just give us the material we need to know during class? Aside from the many questions racking my brain I also felt frustrated! But I am determined to master not procrastinating so I decided to just dive into my assignment. Surprisingly, I found myself totally engaged in the material. I learned how to think critically about my writing-think of good writers as question askers and problem posers. I also learned the difference between closed form prose-explicit thesis in introduction, unified and coherent paragraphs and sustained development of thesis without digressions;and open form prose-no single summarized thesis and the use of story or narrative as an organizing principle. I write mostly open form prose since, most of my writing is poetry. I also like writing fiction and triller short stories. Which takes me to, "How the Brain Learns". Using your creativity actually helps your brain grow-procuces more synapses that produce an increase in dendrite growth which increases your knowledge in that area of learning. So in conclusion, "My dendrites are growing"!