Dear next year students of English 110,
This class is designed not to teach you how to write papers but to more clearly express your ideas via engaged analysis. I myself was pretty unhappy when I learned that the topic of my english class was Religion in Secular Media. I went to a Catholic highschool however I am not religious and consequently religion had a bad connotation for me. I sooned learned, however, that this title of religion was merely a topic not a focus. Individual beliefs are not relevant in this class, grades are guaged on how well you defend your opinion. So do not get stressed or discouraged if the topic of your english class next year is one you do not find interesting.
A word of advise I would give is to not procrastinate. Procrastination will cause you to breeze through assignments and not pay attention, resulting in you not to be able to actively participate in class the next day. This mannor of doing work is inefficient and causes you to miss out on practicing beneficial skills such as analysing articles. Another flaw of procrastination is it does not allow you to perform at your best. With our Analytical Research Papers this year I found myself procrastinating on certain stages of the paper. Looking back at the different stages there is a drastic difference in quality between parts when I was in the middle of the night racing to finish and then when I was writing at the library with ample amount of time.
Hopefully this letter gives you peace of mind if you are not particularly excited about your english 110 topic. Also please let the advise of actively doing assignments on time sink in. This is certainly a class that you will get out as much as you put into it.

Sincerely,
Graham