English 102 Vs English 101

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Overall, English 102 was much harder than English 101 because the essays were not analyzing a topic once and forgetting about it. Writing about the same thing multiple times is challenging when you use all your good ideas in the first few papers. The ideas and subject matter that make up English 102 is in no way hard; however, it was very difficult to write the papers that are required in the class. Nevertheless, I think I would retake the class because it did help me learn how to write in new genres and use new writing techniques.

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