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Recommended: The reflective writing process

English has never been my cup of tea, but English 1100 was definitely an eye opener to me. I have never been the type that was just able to write an essay. It was my main struggle throughout my education career. Whenever I am given guidelines on how an essay needs to be written, I just lose my mind and I struggle on where to even begin because I am unsure of what approach to take. Like right now, I am struggling to write this reflective essay and I am very unsure of where to begin. This essay is supposed to reflect on things I have learned from my English course this semester and I am hopefully going to hit all of those points. This class has given me many tips on what approaches to take when writing an essay. Since my first writing project, I believe that I have grown a lot stronger in essay writing.
Before this semester I never understood exactly what a reflective essay was. Now I do, it is just simply writing what an individual thinks and observes from their experiences. Having a better understanding of reflective essays has given me the opportunity to reflect on what I have learned or experienced. I have shown this by writing the different journals throughout this English class. In this course we have read many great examples of reflective writing, Andrew Sullivan’s “What Is a Homosexual?” is a great example of a reflective essay. I believe that reflective essays are a great way for others to show how they feel about something they experienced.
Throughout high school, my English classes were based more around persuasive essays, rather than a variety of writings I have learned in English 1100. It seems like in high school all the teachers were concerned about was for the students to persuade people in our writings, in which ...

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...from the get go. Between work, school, and just getting situated here in Ohio, I have found that planning my days our ahead of time helps me know what is scheduled and it helps me to schedule my homework and studying in open slots. This class has shown me how intelligent I really am, and I would have never known that if it were not for English 1100.
For future students, I would tell them that English 1100 is a brutal, but very useful course. It requires time and dedication to produce excellent work. I have done four writing projects for this class, and each one has taught me something new about English all together. This class has proven that I am strong enough to overcome any assignment thrown my way. Knowing that I have learned so much from this course, I believe that every student that does take English 1100, while have a better strength in the business world.

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