What I want from Engl 150!

Rhetoric, sweet rhetoric; these are the sentiments which should fill my heart by the end of the semester, or at least they should be representative of my grade. Besides getting an A in this class, I would love to love rhetoric. Our lovely green book sheds some pretty flattering light on the rhetorical situation and the power encompassed in such a remarkable tool. It gives the impression that if one can harness the power of persuasion; you have harnessed the power to procure whatever your heart desires.
Now of course there will need to be much instruction on the subject, as well as much studying and practicing, but these things can be accomplished. The other thing to be accomplished is the ability to write papers quickly and efficiently. I want to have confidence in my writing and not have to worry about everyone else’s paper because I know that I have the skills and the persuasion to not only make my point, but to convince my teacher that I deserve an A since obviously I am an amazing writer.
Within this class I want to have fun learning, as we have been doing with discussion and movie clips and examples that explain and showcase rhetoric in an environment where question are welcomed. I want to have the best English 150 class I want to be part of the smartest and most fun class of any semester. Class should be something that is looked forward to and not dreaded.
I want to be able to come into class with my rough draft and have people tell me not only that yes there are things you need to fix, but give good feedback so that I can understand my audience and understand what pathos I can use to make the paper an A+ masterpiece. I want to be able to sit down and type out 600 words on any topic in less than a half an hour. Quick writing is essential to efficiency in college and in the workplace. I will not have the time to sit around and contemplate about what phrasing I should use or if it’s persuading. I want rhetoric to be second nature to me as I write. I also want to be natural at good grammar and literary devices.
Not only do I want to write rhetoric I want to realize when it is being used on me. I want to be able to read critically anything I pick up, the power of discernment is an essential part of the survivor’s toolbox. Discernment will allow me to detect plays on my emotion and will allow me to decide whether I truly believe what they are trying to convey. This helps in not only a secular way with politicians and journal articles and business proposals, but also in spiritual matters. Satan uses his powers of persuasion on us all the time and I want the ability to see that yes this person is tempting me and no I know that they are using logic and rationalization as well as my emotions to break my barriers. This could ultimately help me to be a better person as I use my powers of discernment to choose the right as the choices are laid before me and be guided by my intellect and the spirit.
Above all what I want most out of this class is to have fun and experience college, by gaining tools that will make the rest of my collegiate career easier for having taken this class.