Sound engineering: Shipka

I found the explicitness of the multi-modal theory of composing refreshing. The fact that this theory "privileges purposeful choosing,experimentation, and communicative flexibility" makes me wonder what the goals of classical composing are and if they are so clearly spelled out. I can see how these goals apply to written composition but I don't remember having the goals of written expression being explicit except for the mechanics part of writing. Although I thought that these assignments were beneficial and creative I had to really fight my panic while reading just thinking that I might have to take a class like this at one time. Creating activity based multi-modal projects seems very revealing to me and I would have to work to overcome that in a way that I am not troubled by when turning in compositions. When writing a paper I try to prioritize my learning over the teacher's opinion (this is still a struggle)but if I had to expose myself to the whole class with my work it would be extremely challenging. This must mean that I privilege written composition in my work since I am more at ease with that expression. Always something to work on.