Personal Narrative: Why I Learned In A Writing Course

Since i am technically a second semester sophomore, I am enrolled in this class to fulfill my WS2 credits. The reasoning behind why I took this course does not mean i can't be excited to begin this journey however. As I begun reading through the syllabus what caught my eye was that most of the writing will be focused on the students and in my opinion that sounds very interesting. I’d much rather write a paper on myself then some researched topic. Also I am excited because this is my first writing course so hopefully it will teach me the skills and techniques to writing a quality paper for all my classes to come. My biggest fear by far is public speaking and with that being said I am not looking forward to presenting to the class what so ever.
The project itself will not be difficult its just the act of getting up in front of others is what really going to be the challenging part. I don't believe to have a least challenging aspect for this course but maybe as we move along i will discover a hidden talent and i will come forth and share that. As for questions my first one would be, how many times do we have to physically stand in front of the class and present something? my next question I thought of while reading the syllabus is on the note taking section where it says “All students will turn in notes on three (specified) class lectures for grading” does this mean we are turning in our personal notes we take in class to be graded?