"Words are but the signs of ideas"

The above quote is by Samuel Johnson. The first day of my M Com class was a interesting experience. I walked into the room and there was music playing loudly. I can't remember the song but it was something I could definitely get rowdy to at a concert. Professor Middleton started out the class with energy and I knew that I was going to learn a lot from this class. 

As I began to do my homework on grammar, I quickly realized that learning grammar principles in Spanish is a lot different than in english. I read about parrallelism in sentences and complements of sentences and dangling modifiers. I didn't know anything could dangle in a sentence. In creating this blog I have to ask myself, so what? I want to be successful in my ideas and actions both in my professional life and personal life. And as Samuel Johnson depicted, your ideas cannot be seen and discovered unless you articulate them. Now what? I enjoy that we are starting with grammar right from the get go because it is the foundation for everything else. I admit, in the book when it gives examples of wrong sentences, I am guilty of using similarly structured sentences in my everyday walk and talk. Vernacular, if you will, for the scholarly inclined. The key to learning is bridging the gap between that and application. As I review these principles I have to do it periodically so I do not forget what I have learned. I am ecstatic for what I will learn this semester! 

As for the title of my blog, the "Quintessence of Life," it is from my now new favorite movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Dictionary.com defines quintessence as "the pure and concentrated essence of a substance." So throughout the history of my blog I will be making connections with what I learn in class to my take on life and what it is most full and rich to me in my little escapade of life.