I was born into a family of which literature and writing was not only encourage but often times during my life it was something I had to do. Which, when given the question how this course fits into not only my life but my educational life ends with a large number of answers. Primarily it will not only be important to me following the educational path I want but to be a support for my mother who often times has a hard time comprehending what she reads. Additionally English 103 is important to help me move forward with my goals for education in getting a degree in English and proceed to go into book editing. As seen English 103 goes beyond just a simple credit for me and is much more than just, ‘a class’.
Understanding the basic ability to annotate, summarize and break apart a text is something that is largely important to my home life. My mother is a prominent reader and tends to enjoy books more than almost everyone in our home, however, she has had difficulty understanding some of the texts she reads. This course may focus on writers like Beckett but will be something that is going to come back full circle to authors of novels that are more common today. With this course I will learn how to better
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I have always loved literature, philosophy and things such as this, which, has caused me to want to go into novel editing and/or english teaching. With this course under my belt not only will I be able to be better at both of these potential jobs but, I will have a better base to bounce them off of. I know it is pivotal to follow a large number of english course, as well as a few others, to get the degrees these require. However, the importance of following English as much as I can is something of value to that. Educationally I know that this may not be the most important class to that but it is a very important basic
English is vast you can create your own answers, which irritates my science and math like mind set, I want all the answers, I want a set way of doing stuff a step by step guide of getting to one correct answer. However, this course might be able to loosen my mind and notice that in English there can be more than one correct answer. I surely do believe that I can excel in Professor’s Grahams’ English 1101, but only if I work for it and earn an A. The class seems like a lot of work but because of the work load but the type of rigor it takes to complete the
When going through life learning is an everyday occurrence as each day is constantly filled with information that is used throughout the course of your life. Each day we get stronger and stronger in whatever we decide to put our minds to, weather that be academics, sports, our jobs we are constantly learning and growing on a daily basis. This semester I have grown in English as I personally felt that through the English 102 course I have been able to grasp some key concepts and writing techniques that will better me for the future. In this class there was a list of goals and outcomes that the instructor felt would be achievable and the best way to learn throughout the course. In each goal throughout this process I feel like I have improved to some degree but there is other things that I do need to touch up on a bit more to further my writing education outside the classroom.
Over the course of five weeks we’ve had to write three essays (four if you include this one). With every essay I’ve written I have improved my writing process. Having the chance to practice my writing skills in English 102 has made me a better all-around writer. From the beginning of this course, I knew I had a few major issues that I needed to overcome to improve my writing. The biggest being my issues with punctuation, specifically comma splices. Comma splices are something that I just can’t seem to wrap my head around. Although I have gotten better at recognizing comma splices they still seem to sneak in to my writing.
In the beginning of the semester, before the first class I was looking forward to take Eng 101 because I assumed that speaking English all my life, I had a pretty good hold on the language. What I did not see coming was a journey that would force me to reconsider my abilities not only as a writer or speaker but also as a thinker! The biggest achievement that I have made through this class is gaining the ability to think and write about very basic yet extremely complicated and contradictory topics. I realized that the key to good writing was not only adding reflection and logic but also making sure that the reader is grasping what the intention and opinion of the writer is. This class has given me a chance to grow as a writer by offering me
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.
When I first entered this class, I already knew that it wasn’t going to be easy just because I 'm not good with putting things into words and explaining myself with proper grammar. I can honestly say English 101 has really inspired me to be a better writer. This class affected me in a lot of ways it showed me that writing takes time and you can 't expect a paper to be great without any revising or editing. That has always been a mistake of mine, I would tend to free write a lot it seemed to be the only way I could get my thoughts processed on a paper. I would forget periods, commas and misspell words without even noticing. I never cared much for punctuation, but once I got into this class I knew it was much needed. The topics we wrote on were not just any random topics which in a way made it more interesting to write about things that are actually important and things our generation should be informed about.
This trimester I began the class English 101 with mixed feelings. Depending on the topic and style, I could really enjoy writing. However, there were occasionally times where I just did not feel much inspiration, and consequently, my writing quality was not exactly remarkable. My previous course to English 101 was AP Literature, where I learned how to analyze writing and write powerful papers. Although, to my disadvantage for this class, the teacher was more concerned about content than presentation and grammar technicalities. I learned to create good ideas and responses, and while I did possess the ability to convey them with proficiency, I could not express myself at a college level. Nonetheless, I can happily report that I have acquired these skills throughout English 101, learning to curb my near addiction to prepositional phrases, in addition to halting my use of coordinating conjunctions to begin sentences. I find it pleasing to read and compare my first essay to my latest one, seeing all of the differences and enhancements. My writing has improved through the trials of in-depth analyses and short deadlines, enabling me to perform my best no matter the style or topic. Overcoming the oppositions found in the class and my own
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
Throughout this fall semester, I have learned many things. Before this class, I have never had to buckle down and plan out my writing so tediously. The many outlines, rough drafts, and final drafts have crafted me into a much better writer than I would have ever expected to become. While I have always considered English as one of my strong subjects, through this class I have learned that English has many more components than I originally thought. One of the most substantial of these components is a transitional sentence and through this class and the writing practice it has brought me, I have learned how to properly write them.
College 101 was a basic, yet informative introductory course to start college off with. When I first came to clark, I was dumbfounded and confused, the school was a lot bigger than what I was used to and I barely had a clue where to find my classes, much less the resources I didn’t know I had. After taking College 101, the big, scary world of academics suddenly became a lot smaller, and a lot less scary. College 101 taught me about Clark College in general, as well as the resources it offers. Additionally, College 101 gave me a goal to pursue.
At the start of this class, I made a goal to develop my writing skills to better prepare me for other courses for my degree. I knew English 106 would be different compared to any other English or college courses that I have taken. I knew English 106 environment will let me grow in diverse writing dimensions. My long serving years of experience in the military has exposed me to many cultures around the globe. In just seven weeks of the course, I have seen some improvement in my writing. This course has afforded me with several techniques that have made writing not only a little bit easier but also more in-depth resulting in a higher level of academic writing versus my normal military style writing. Now I understand the writing process and
“We all need people who will give us feedback, that’s how we improve”-Bill Gates. Writing 101 was a course I gained knowledge of every class. It might have been a bit challenging at the beginning, but I think the atmosphere that was inside the class made it easier to handle and understand everything. I would say the class activities, group work and peer reviews were the factors that helped me the most as they made me exchange ideas and think productively, than I did before. We were assigned different types of essays, some I had previous knowledge of, and some I never heard of before, but definitely I improved my writing skills, and developed all my weakness points throughout the course.
Before I came to English 101 I was more of a raw writer than most people. Although I would write my papers filled with great content, I would also have many problems with my grammer and organization. Throughout my time in this class I have developed and trained multiple areas of my writing. Some of the areas that I have improved the most have been grammer, organization, and MLA format. These areas have lead to an evolution in my writing that has given me a new level of understanding in English. Which has provided me with the skills that will endow me to achieve success in english 102.
English 1 was one of the hardest classes I have ever taken, but the life lessons and tips that helped me to improve other classes and my eighth grade year is definitely worth the late hours I stayed up studying for tests. Coming into the year I was expecting a entirely different environment. Switching schools during the summer was really difficult on me. I didn’t have many friends and wasn’t used to living in an entirely different state. Going to a new school was challenging.
Over the period of time that I was in this course, I thought it would be a very simple and easy to finish class. But as time went on, I found myself to be demanded more of what I think, what I feel, what must be relied on my ability to understand the concepts and conventions of not only the essays, but of what goes on in the writers mind when writing.