Reflecting on My English 111 Learning Journey

While in English 111 we completed an annotated bibliography, about 5 or so quizzes, a group project, and three different types of papers. It is my hope that while you are reading this letter, you will gain an understanding of the work I have completed in my English 111 class. Below I discuss the three different papers and classwork assignments I completed in my English 111 at Germanna Community College. The first paper I wrote in my English 111 class was a compare and contrast paper about gender roles. The instructions of this assignment was to choose a social protest song, whether it be about war or the government, from a different time era (60s, 70s, 80s, or 90s) and juxtapose it to a current song that addresses a comparable topic. I chose the song “Born a Girl” by Manic Street Preaches and “Little Game” by Benny or Ben J. Pierce. I chose to do a compare and contrast essay on gender roles, specifically on the topic of being or thinking

This was my favorite paper to write out of all three of them because I could choose any topic that interested me. However, I do not do so well at writing papers to argument my point or topic since I have never had to write one till now. I chose to do my paper on organ donation and I was trying to convince my readers to become or consider becoming organ donors since there is such a shortage of donors and an increasing number of people being added to the transplant waiting list every day every ten minutes. In the paper, I included the pros and cons about being an organ donor, facts and statistics throughout the paper, the difference between the types of donation, and how to register to be an organ donor and/or how to register to donate your body to science so that medical students can become good future doctors and nurses. My strengths in this essay were all the facts I included throughout the paper and my weakness in this paper was trying to argue my