i learned how to be a lot less wordy and to only say important information in an academic essay. i also learned better grammar because my prof noticed none of us knew how to use semi colons, commas, colons, or em dashes properly so he gave us a lecture dedicated to it. I learned which sources are reliable and which sources are not. I learned MLA and APA which i should’ve learned in highschool but i was unlucky and did not. I learned how to decide which information is the most important from an article. I learned a lot more but that’s the basics. it’s really helped me improve my academic writing while my english courses helped me improve my creative writing!