English 102 Class Reflection

As the semester finally approaches the finish line, I revisit my past work to compare and contrast how this class has developed me into a successful writer at the college level. Throughout the year my writing style has developed and become broader as I have learned how to incorporate more of my personal views as well as reliable, unbiased information. This portfolio is a representation of how many things I have learned along the way while being an English 102 student.
Before taking Mrs. Hawkins’ English 102 class, I used to hate writing; no, I despised it. Along with my hatred for writing, I, as many other college students, am a terrible procrastinator. In my past English classes, my procrastination had affected my grades, especially when it came to papers dealing with multiple steps and drafts, due to the fact writing takes many timely processes to

Because I have never been one that found an interest in history, much less comparing and contrasting two historical topics, it was hard for me to produce a paper. As a result of my lack of interest, I chose a topic that was not an adequate comparison. For essay two I decided it would be a grand idea to write about the comparison and contrast of Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. Wrong. According to multiple articles I found on the Internet, Trump is Hitler reincarnated, which I believe is absolutely absurd. While writing this essay, I was able to develop my writing by stating my opinion strongly while weeding out the good and bad articles found on the Internet to back up my opinion. To find reliable articles, I had to use my critical thinking skills, which I had not done as much in the past. During the time period for essay two’s topic proposal, as I already stated, I did not put enough thought into what topic I chose; this helped me learn that picking a topic is the most important step when writing a