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My name is Deanna Kelly.  I am a junior, majoring in Journalism/Public Relations with a minor in Psychology and a specialization in Sociology.  I'm from Pittsburgh, PA.  I am really interested in sports, so when I graduate I would like to be a PR specialist in the sports industry.  I have an older brother and a younger sister.  My brother Ian is a senior at Auburn University majoring in Zoology and my younger sister Maura is a sophomore in high school.  I transferred here my freshman year from University of South Carolina, so I didn't take Eng 151, but took a similar class in South Carolina.

In my english class we wrote a lot of papers, which I enjoyed.  My professor allowed us to write about things that interested us which was refreshing.  My favorite assignment was when we wrote about a fairytale and the various hidden meanings behind them, then reworking it into a modern day story, while still conveying the same hidden meanings.  Being a journalism student I write a lot of papers, and in the past I have had professors who have given me bad grades because my writing style differed from theirs.  This is probably the only bad thing I have to say about previous classes.

I have never maintained a blog or worked with Wikipedia so both of these assignments are very new to me.  I think I will enjoy it because I feel as a Public Relations major I should know as much about the interest as possible because it is the biggest medium used today.  The only part of the class I am apprehensive about is using Wikipedia, but hopefully it isn't that confusing.  I am always striving to be a better writer and to learn more about different types of writings.  I am hoping this class strengthens my skills as a writer and also expands how I think about different subjects/writings.