Preface to My Inventory of Being Earnest

As a creative way to introduce ourselves to our instructor and our English 098 classmates, we were given our first discussion board assignment: To rewrite and personalize Lea Waits poem “The Inventory of Being.” My first draft mirrored it in structure, but for this revised version, I made some heavy edits, which included removing some lines, and expand or combining others.

This piece provided an excellent means with which to introduce ourselves as well as become acquainted with others in the classroom. This was not only important in making the individual more comfortable, it was an invaluable tool in giving us an overview of the members who would make up our target audience over the next three months. I think more classes—both online and off—would benefit greatly from assigning such an exercise.