What Institutes Good Writing For Me in English 110

In my personal opinion, good writing means that you know spelling and grammar and how to speak English. For example, I always use a spell check and a grammar check when I write; therefore, I know that my writing is good. I also got many A’s in high school, which is another way to know your writing is good.

My second opinion about good writing is that it is very hard to do if you don’t speak English. For example, many people who don’t speak English now live in North Dakota. I don’t think they should drive a car. How can you drive a car if you cannot read the road signs along the edges of the highway? How can you take the driving test? These are problems we all agree upon in our modern society.

Thirdly, I know some things that aren’t good writing, and this is just as important as knowing what institutes good writing. For example, writing that has spelling errors is not good. Also, writing that has grammar errors is usually bad writing. In addition, using contractions in writing is a real problem all English teachers notice.

In this English 110 class at North Dakota State University, I think that we will learn more about what is supposed to institute good writing for English teachers. I think this will be very much like what my high school English teacher thought. Mr. Bjornenson, my high school English teacher, also taught my driver’s education class and was our football coach. He taught us empathetically that "spelling counts!" I believe that, too; he was a very good football coach because we won the state nines two years in a row when I was a sophomore and a junior.

Finally, as I turn this draft into longer paper, I think I will need more information about two things. The first thing I will need more information about is if college teachers think the same things high school teachers do. To get this information, I think I will have to e-mail Mr. Bjornenson to ask him whether he thinks about different things than college teachers. I do not think this will be a problem because my boyfriend, Mike Ichey, played football and I know Mr. Bjornenson liked me because he gave me A’s in his classes.

The other thing I might need more information about is people who do not speak English. For example, maybe they cannot drive a car already and I just do not know about this. I see them driving, but maybe they do not have a license. This is important information I need to know more about. I can probably find this important information at the library, on the internet, or anyplace, because this is important to many people.

Finally, I think what institutes good writing in today’s society is a very important issue if you care about that. Many people do care about that, and I think these people are called English teachers. Their jobs are very important ones in this culture, especially because so many of them teach driving, too, at least in high school. Driving is not a right but a responsibility that we all need to take very seriously, just like good writing. I know I take it seriously, thanks to my English teacher, Mr. Bjornenson.