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Throughout the first few months in my college English class, I have written several papers on technology. I have always tried my best on each assignment, but I do know that I am not the best writer out there. I make many mistakes in my writing, but still find myself getting better at share my own true thoughts. I struggle with my transitions from topic to topic and my narrow vocabulary, however I find myself being more open to sharing my own opinions. One aspect I struggle to perfect is my ability to smoothly transition between paragraphs or examples. My ideas are mostly arranged but I find it hard to connect them in a way that is not choppy or rough. In my analysis of Dr. Turkle’s Ted Talk, I mention that I have a hard time with changing topics …show more content…
In my essay titled, “Connected, But Alone?”, I mention how I wasn’t sure if I should say my ideas, stating, “I was a little skeptical of if I should use my own opinions and experiences in the paper…”. In previous English classes, I was told to avoid sharing my beliefs because it caused the readers to be bored or uninterested. However, in other times, I wrote my opinions openly and shared my thoughts on the topic without barriers. For example, in an essay I wrote titled, “Is Technology Problematic?”, I talked a lot about my opinion on the subject, especially toward the end. In my final paragraph, I said phrases such as “I also think that…”, “I agree…”, and “I realize that…”. For one of my fourth-hour blogs, I focused on Nicholas Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”. I analyzed his work in many different ways, all along the way sharing my personal views on his ideas. I think this is one of my stronger pieces because of how I opened up and shared my beliefs. I hope to continue to share my opinions freely and not be so nervous to be judged on what I personally believe on a certain
“I am not, talking to Sierra because she Facebook messaged me yesterday, and was really rude. She even said that she hated you.” In today’s world conversations like this are happening a lot more frequently, mostly because of the misunderstandings that can arise through text messaging, and emails. These types of disagreements happen because when texting someone you cannot hear their voice, or see their face, and this can lead to misconstruction of a person’s message. In Sherry Turkle’s essay “Connectivity and its Disconnects” Turkle says that technology is changing the way that we interact with each other. She explains that there is a “real” and “virtual world” in which we act in two completely different manners depending on which world we
One of the biggest weaknesses I have is not being able to transition from paragraphs effectively. In the Lord of the Flies and Asher Lev essays, I did not create a good flow through the essay, making it sort of choppy. I can improve this by increasing my knowledge of transition words and not expanding ideas too much. Also I have to work on slowing down my pace with writing and watch out for grammar mistakes. A way I could improve this is learning the placement of quotations in sentences, that they should be after a period in some cases. Another idea that I have to improve on is choosing the best evidence for my claim. In the Lord of the Flies essay, I had not chose the best evidences and it did not effectively show examples of the claim. I have to learn how to pick evidence that best suits my point of the argument and that I can tie in with my
The human race has made extraordinarily rapid technological progress within the last few decades alone. Sherry Turkle, a professor at MIT, a clinical psychologist and a published author examines society’s response to today’s numerous changes in her book Alone Together. Although at times Turkle overestimates the damage that technology is doing to our society, she makes many valid points about the dangers posed. In her book, the issues raised about our growing substitution of computers for human relationships proves to be problematic, while some of Turkle’s evidence is less ominous than she believes.
Where there are weaknesses there are also strengths and mine lie within the body paragraphs. I arrange my ideas well by using quotes about my subject and explaining them.
I never really considered myself an "acceptable" writer. I always would panic after realizing I have to write a paper because I never feel prepared or ready. After my semester of English 1102, I realized that I can spot good points for my argument, but I had difficulty analyzing them in terms of my thesis. My thesis and topic sentences were not my strong suits because I either don't dig deep enough, or I panic and add so much to my thesis/topic sentence that the syntax and diction is awkward and confusing. I would spend hours trying to fix these errors because of writer's block and anxiety; however, as the semester kept going, I found it to be easier to fix the errors in my paragraph by asking myself how to improve my paper and asking my peers
A situation I had was in theology class from my last semester. I felt uncomfortable because it seemed as though I was not as knowledge even though I did the readings. Most of my classmates already had background knowledge about the bible. In group discussion we talked about themes about the passages. I remember how uncomfortable I felt throwing my opinions on what I thought. So, when I did try to put my thoughts out, I ended up with disagreements with how I was wrong. Even though, I was just sharing a thought not trying to start argument. This almost insecure to speak my thoughts out. I try to find ways to avoid any disagreements. Until, I realized that everyone will not always agree with what I think but I can try to make it possible to invite to speak their thoughts without invalidating their opinions as long as it’s
The order of a task feels demanding, and all the tiny details that I misplace or forget, overwhelms me. The motion of practicing thinking through a task and writing the details in an “easy to understand” order is difficult. The History course at Cornerstone was the most difficult course, because it pushed me to worked very hard. I had trouble, not with content but with the order of my words on the pages so others would understand. I learned a great deal about organizing my thoughts. Organizing my thoughts is still a struggle, however it has stretched my learning in the opposite direction of what is natural for
I take so long writing a single paragraph because I always think that it doesn’t make sense or the sentences aren’t cohesive enough. While reading “Write or Wrong Identity” by Emily Vallowe, there was one paragraph that she wrote that I really resonated with and it said:
I happened to notice that I did use verbal pauses during transitions. When I would go from one topic to the next I would use the word “um.” This was very apparent when I was viewing the video of myself. I would like to be able to complete a speech without having to use any verbal pauses. I typically would use these pauses after I got done completing with a particular topic. I would say that this is one of my major problems with giving a speech. Now that I can see exactly how much I use them, I can change that in the future.
And, after much strife and conflict, it eventually became a commonly held idea in some parts of the world that people were entitled to their own points of view. Unfortunately, this idea is becoming an anachronism. When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.
The only writings I do these days, outside of school, are memos and proposals for my occupation. I work in an office for an interior design center. These memos and proposals are not personal and are not very thought provoking. Therefore, do not serve many purposes in helping me to become a better
In the article, The Flight from Conversation featured in The New York Times, author Sherry Turkle pleads to technology user to look up from their phones, iPads and computers. She explains just how harmful technology can be to our social aspects of life. Turkle makes great use of ethos and pathos by showing her credibility and connecting herself to the audience. And although Turkle does make some solid arguments, I feel as if her extreme lack of logos diminishes her entire argument.
I tend to jump around topic to topic and my sentences just start to run on and repeat the same thing. My strengths in writing is making sure that I make sure that I always back up my points and make sure that my paper fits the topic. A “Good start— the cookie description has nice sensory details to draw your reader in.” (Prof. Church) When re-reading my papers, I don’t seem to find mistakes that my revisers find.
During the course of the semester, all of the writing and research skills I developed helps to strengthen my self-confidence in many areas and it aids me in achieving my goals for the future. By developing more effective research approaches for finding and citing sources, I advanced from an inexperienced writer to a confident writer with the suitable knowledge to create effective essays to capture my audience. Having confidence in my abilities to use the skills I learned will help me to become a success in college. With more practice and valuation of my strengths and weaknesses, I can continue to improve and become an excellent communicator in the future.
Before taking English 1A, I was a discouraged writer because as an English learner, I did not believe that I had any ability to be an acceptable writer. Therefore, I did not have any joy while I was doing writing assignments. However, I have gradually loved writing through this semester. I fortunately got plenty of helps from my classmates and professor; thus, my writing skills have gotten improved a lot. I currently can feel that writing is a quite enjoyable process, and I like delivering my ideas to other people by writing, too. I am really proud that I have enhanced my pre-writing skills, writing structure and revising skills and have learned how to write an effective thesis statement and how to deal with rhetorical analysis. However, I still have lots of deficiencies in my articles, such as grammar problem and the lack of logical transition.