199 and Carlton
Kathryn Boyd
Dr. West
ENC 1101.006
2/4/15
191
Ill Documented Paragraph Exercise In the student essay our class read titled “If It Is worth Doing…” Carlton gave four examples as to why “If it is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. (197)” Some of these things included singing, writing poetry, and helping others. Carlton loves to sing because it is fun and can lift the heart, but she has a terrible voice. Her friends even mutter under their breath about “the tone deaf.” Carlton said that writing poetry was another thing worth doing even if badly. She included a poem in her essay and stated “This poem isn’t very good, I admit. No one would want to publish it. (198)” Carlton made the point it was still worth doing because she went on to say “I felt in touch with my life while savoring a creative joy. (197)” The third example Carlton gave was about the pole barn with her brother. She had no talent in construction at all. She said “Me,” I pleaded, “I’m all thumbs.(198)” She however decided to still help her brother because she reconnected with him and learned some construction skills in the process. One of the very last examples Janice Carlton talks about in her essay is (and my favorite) is “There are times when doing something badly is significantly better than doing nothing at all. (198)” So as Janice Carlton said in her closing “In the end, we have nothing to lose but our false pride. (198)”
Works Cited
Carlton, Janice. “If It Is Worth Doing.” Strategies for Successful Writing. Ed. James A. Reinking and Robert von de Osten. 10th ed. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2014. 197-200. Print
Dr. West
ENC 1101.006
2/4/15
191
Ill Documented Paragraph Exercise In the student essay our class read titled “If It Is worth Doing…” Carlton gave four examples as to why “If it is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. (197)” Some of these things included singing, writing poetry, and helping others. Carlton loves to sing because it is fun and can lift the heart, but she has a terrible voice. Her friends even mutter under their breath about “the tone deaf.” Carlton said that writing poetry was another thing worth doing even if badly. She included a poem in her essay and stated “This poem isn’t very good, I admit. No one would want to publish it. (198)” Carlton made the point it was still worth doing because she went on to say “I felt in touch with my life while savoring a creative joy. (197)” The third example Carlton gave was about the pole barn with her brother. She had no talent in construction at all. She said “Me,” I pleaded, “I’m all thumbs.(198)” She however decided to still help her brother because she reconnected with him and learned some construction skills in the process. One of the very last examples Janice Carlton talks about in her essay is (and my favorite) is “There are times when doing something badly is significantly better than doing nothing at all. (198)” So as Janice Carlton said in her closing “In the end, we have nothing to lose but our false pride. (198)”
Works Cited
Carlton, Janice. “If It Is Worth Doing.” Strategies for Successful Writing. Ed. James A. Reinking and Robert von de Osten. 10th ed. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2014. 197-200. Print
Cited: Carlton, Janice. “If It Is Worth Doing.” Strategies for Successful Writing. Ed. James A. Reinking and Robert von de Osten. 10th ed. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2014. 197-200. Print