Reflective Essay Up until this year, before taking the class intermediate composition, I thought I was a terrible writer. I was right. Writing isn’t something that I enjoy doing, nor am I good at. Writing is difficult for me because I’m not very good at explaining things in a professional manner, that can be easily well written. While writing you are expected to make little to no mistakes, which is not something I’m great at. I am so much better at explaining things with verbal words rather than written words. I had not taken any extra writing classes before this year rather than the mandatory ones. Like I had stated before, I hate writing, with a passion. I dread writing anything, especially an essay for school, like this one. I’m …show more content…
It was also one of my favorites. I loved how you got to use your own creativity for this paper and didn’t have to follow any specific guidelines. It lets people, including myself, show their creativity, story making side. Although I hate writing, I enjoyed being able to brainstorm and create my own personal story that is exactly how I want it to be. This essay, surprisingly, took me more than a couple hours to do. I did not wait until the absolute last minute to type this essay. Instead, I took my time and did a little day by day, giving myself more time to think and expand the creativity of the paper. During this paper I had mastered the ability to create my own fictional story that appeals to almost all audiences. The only thing within this story that I was having problem with was detail. When I read or write something, I don’t expect a lot of detail. I’d rather imagine the scenario in my head than explain it in a specific way on paper. Although it was not easy for me, I believe I did a decent job on adding sensory …show more content…
I am one of those people who still have no idea what they want to become when they’re older. I do not know if I am going to college or if I am just going to look for a job right out of school. The research we did for this paper allowed me to explore the different types of jobs, most of them that I had never heard of. It allowed me to see their rating, whether employees enjoy working in that field, as well as their pay. I kind of thought about becoming a businessman or creating my own company. This essay allowed me to view my different ideas in a more realistic way. I am glad we did this essay. During this essay I feel like I did a pretty good job at including facts and evidence, while providing a cited source. The only trouble I had with this paper was trying to include good evidence without copyright. I wanted to add as much detail about the career that I
The first four weeks of CR510 have prompted this student to reflect on her years of teaching in the public school setting. Having experienced many similar complexities to the ones in the text, this student is sympathetic to the challenges facing those in the education system and is eager to find opportunities to offer a better solution for all involved. CR510 has strengthened this student's belief that a third party neutral can provide valuable benefits to educational systems at all levels.
Writing essays was never my forte, it just never came easy to me like it would to others. Since other subjects came easy to me and I had to focus more than others on writing, I had a negative attitude toward the process as a whole. During this summer semester, I was able to grow as a writer, and gain a more positive attitude toward how I write and a better feel for writing in college. Writing a paper is a process in which there are many different stages. In high school I would never write outlines or any sort of pre planning work. Other struggles I encountered in my writing were my theses, and framing quotes.
When it came to the process of writing my first, second, and third essay’s, there was clear visual improvement that I have become a better writer in certain aspects. As for essay one, I tended to rely on my writing skills as a high school student rather than use the components of a successful college student essay. This was definite once I received the feedback given by ...
Multiple essays have been formulated during the duration of Composition 1. These essays have taught me an important lesson about my writing, failure is acceptable in order to grow. On the other hand, I made an important discovery last year that I want to study journalism and advance further in that field after college. From taking journalism classes, to blogging in my spare time, to always getting an A on my papers, I thought I had no room to improve. I was mistaken. Therefore, because of the rigorous essay work each essay brought, I learned more about how to write different pieces and grow from my “failure”.
Before I started this class I never knew what sociology was. I thought I knew, but I actually didn’t. I thought it was some boring study about the society that we live in, but I was proven wrong by this course. Through many different concepts taught I have been able to understand what sociology really is, and how to apply it to my daily life. There were many topics that we talked about in class that I can apply to my life be it school, work, home. Some of the many topics we talked about that really spoke to me were sexuality, race, and gender.
Initial Reflective Essay When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to examine how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Sciences.
Second hand smoke is a different combination of air and the smoke that comes from the cigarette and the smoke breathed out by a smoker. This happens when a non-smoker is around someone smoking, therefore, breathing in secondhand smoke. According to the various research which were done by W H O, second hand smoke have been proofed to contain more than 7000 harmful chemical and 250 of these chemicals are known to be harmful to one’s health.
This semester entering English 102 I thought of myself as a bad writer with a lot to say and no idea how to coordinate it or express it. A big reason why I took English stretch composition was to strengthen my writing skills. I feel like I have a better idea of where to put my ideas but I really need help with the technical writing and how to do research papers correctly. My concerns over the semester are not the same as they were at the beginning, they have changed. One of my concerns was that I wouldn’t know how to organize a college essay, but that concern is gone now. A new concern I have this semester is my run on sentences and the punctuation and the lack thereof.
...ersonal voice. By the second essay I had begun to develop a sense of myself. I started to break away from the repetitive tone of the first paper, and express myself as an individual through my writing. Additionally, I was able to create a stronger paper by learning how to use sources to better effect. Despite the progress I had made during the second paper, I feel as though the third paper didn’t really show additional growth from the second. However, by writing assignment number four I really felt like I had hit my stride in the class. Everything I had learned previously came together to help me fully express my views on education to my audience. This final essay has allowed me to reflect on my own process of growth in the course. From this point I can see that the skills I have developed in this course are going to be essential in succeeding in college and beyond.
I have never thought that essay writing could be so hard and stressful. However, when I started my first ESL course, which was ESL 263, I was proven wrong. First of all, I didn’t know anything about essay writing. That class was my first experience in English writing. I wanted to drop the class so many times. Essay writing was just so stressful. I remember our instructor telling us that ESL 263 is an easy class compared to ESL 273. Of course that freaked me out. I started questioning myself if I really want to continue studying. Obviously, I kept studying. Nonetheless, I wanted to drop ESL 273 also. I’m glad I stayed in this class because I learned a lot and I can see improvements in my writing. I can say I am ready for ESL 5. As I reflect
In my writing I have seen large amounts of growth, I have learned how to better introduce all my sources as well as how to flow my ideas, as well as how unnecessary the five-paragraph essay is. Wring has become easier for me due to the fact that I now I feel understand how to write. I understand that there must be a “they say” and an “I say” in my writing. There has to be an equal balance to everything I write. For example I cannot just write a piece all about my opinions as well how, I cannot just write a piece about what others are saying without explaining the purpose of it all. English 5A has helped me overly improve my writing skills and has shown me new very important skills on how to be a better writer.
This portfolio explains in detail, why I choose the topic I did and what I could’ve done to make my paper better. I discuss my weak points and what I need to focus on, in order to become a better writer. My first essay was challenging because I went into it unprepared. My study ethics was not as it should’ve been. I lacked proofreading which lead to me overlooking some major MLA don’ts. Also, due to feeling overwhelmed from a 4 class semester I felt I bite off more than I could chew, so my attitude was to just make it through. The second essay peaked my interest a bit, because I consider myself a bit on the plump side. Doing the research was beneficial to me as a student and as an overweight female. And finally the timed writing was fun for me, I really loved doing them. W...
The book seems realistic, I tend to love Historical fiction literature. It was challenging to write a new paragraph for each page set because I felt repetitive, I have never experienced that, so it was something new. I think the phrase that I wrote was in a poem I wrote for the page sets, this is what I said “ My journal is where I let my mind be free my body is slowly shutting down the lies that they are feeding me, I can no longer see, my left ear contains no sound. I know I will shine, Can you tell me you would stay.” This phrase struck out to be it basically depicts the whole story in the poem. The way her father treated her had really stuck to me, I was surprised I could actually read about something that deep and understand what they are saying. It shows I can use words to build my Ballad poem, connecting it to my reading. As a writer I have seen my growth with the words I choose to use. The way I phrase certain situations, since the beginning of my senior year I was a horrible write and now it is still not as good as others in my class but I am working my way up there. I am prepared for college-writing level; by the time I am done with my senior year I will feel fully prepared. I feel my strongest topics will be topics that I am interested and something I will struggle with fantasy topics my mind does not process that idea well, such as Harry Potter, Hunger
Do you realize how much you have learned in just a short few months? Maybe you don’t realize it, but once you reflect about it, you will soon find out that you took more away from school than just a nap or two. It’s not only reading from a textbook and listening to lectures that count, but also the life lessons and preparing yourself yourself for college and starting a career. You might not want to think of high school this way, but it is the stepping stone for college.
Applying for a master’s degree has been an extended journey with interesting twists. I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. Even since I was a kid, and without me even know it, I was creating communication tactics to persuade. At the age of 8, I sent a letter without my parent’s consent to a children’s magazine in Santo Domingo called “Al Compas”, encouraging and creating awareness about contamination and discrimination against children with disabilities. During my high school years, I transformed most of my classes’ presentations into TV programs to facilitate my classmate’s interest in the presentations and avoid them to get bored by hearing the same information over and over. At the end of High School, I received the “Student Excellence Award” and won a scholarship to study in Universidad APEC, where I started a Bachelor degree in Communication, majoring in Advertising.