Reflection Essay

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Entering English Comp one, I had fears of what the class would be like. I realized that I had many weaknesses, but it was not till the end of the class that I learned my strengths. When I first entered Comp one I was very nervous. Everyone had told me that Mrs. Garth was a really tough teacher, therefore; that kinda made me second guess my opinion to take the class. When we started writing I learned that my main weakness was getting my point across while staying on topic. I have always struggled with writing, so when I took this class I knew I would have to improve on my writing. When we wrote our first essay in the class, I knew it was terrible. I was very nervous about turning in the paper because I knew that I could have done better but I was not sure how to get my point across and my paper still make sense. Luckily for me, Mrs. Garth was very tough but then again she was very lenient on us. She would always help us correct our papers, she would always give us feedback, and she would help us find our weaknesses. Eventually, I got to where I could finally write an effective paper …show more content…

In the past we never had to write a research paper the way Mrs. Garth asked us to. My teachers in the past have always just gave us the research and then we wrote our paper on the research they gave us. When we made it to Comp Mrs. Garth expected us to know how to write an effective research paper. She just gave us our topics and told us to find the research for our topics. Little did she know that she would be walking around helping just about every student, try to find research. She finally realized that we was confused and she had to waste a few days of class time to teach us how to properly find research. Looking back at my very first research paper, I am ashamed to say that I wrote it. The research paper was full of mistakes, ranging from just everyday mistakes to not citing my writing the right

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