English Honors Reflection Essay

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Why should I be one of your students for English Honors? Well, I am a very well organized student. I enjoy most school subjects (math is not one.) I try my best in all of my work. My strength as a reader is that since I enjoy it, I understand it. On the con side, I have to re-read specific things to remember. My strength as a writer is that once I have an idea, the words just come to me, but it does take me a while to decide what to write. A strength as a thinker is that I really let the information sink in, however, I do overthink things. I play musical instruments and love listening to music. When I have free time, I read. Basketball is one of my hobbies. I think I am a great student for English Honors.

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What I read influences my writing the most because the format I read teaches me better ways to write. For example, If I Stay first goes to present tense, showing what is going on in the hospital, then later on in the chapter goes back to the past. Songs and personal experience influence me as a writer. The songs teach me words that fit together to make it flow better. Like my reading, I enjoy writing about anything. Recently my main focus on writing is the reality, romance, and fantasy fiction. My strength as a writer is I go where my mind takes me, but it takes a while for me to decide which thing to write about and how to start it. I always feel successful when my writing sounds nice to me and to other people. To have a very good writing structure, you need to have good …show more content…

It does this because it gives me a different perspective on things. Books can’t help me with difficult problems. Friends also give me some advice and I decide what the right thing to do is. Learning is difficult when either the teacher can’t explain it well for ME to understand or the teacher is talking really fast. I have an example in seventh grade, where my teacher would explain it really fast to the whole class, and it was difficult for me to understand, but once the teacher explain it a little more thoroughly and I have some quiet time at home to review it, I can pick it up. I guess you can say my struggle is that I need people to go over the topic thoroughly and not just skim through it. On the other hand, a strength I have is good persuasive skill. For me, it has to be me talking not writing so maybe an open discussion. I am a very confident student, in my work and in my person. I think English Honors is the place for

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