As english class has never been a personal strength, I feel as if I was able to gain a lot, just from taking this course. There were numerous concepts in this class that were able to help me bridge the gap between highschool essays and a more constructed research base paper. Particularly, the two essays that I felt as if I was able to get the most out of was the ones where my opinion was not involved. In this instance, I was challenged to think outside of my own thoughts and opinions, in an effort…
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This week in English has been cool not that stressful, but I should not get that comfortable because I know I will get stressful soon.Having a new teacher had a big impact to us because we got used to seeing Ms.DeVries and now we have a new teacher that has a really different way of teaching.We have a new book that we are reading, which is A Raisin in the Sun it's about African American people that have dreams.I could tell i'm learning because I could remember scenes in the book which has a good…
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distinguished the few from the many. So, how did English 180 distinguish me from the many? How did this class further my education and will the skills I learned to stick with me through the rest of my life? As I reflect on what I learned in English 180 it can really be boiled down to three main ideas. English 180 has furthered my skills in rhetoric, writing process and critical thinking through using writing, revising and finally reflection. English 180 my first online course started with rhetoric…
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I have read this before in English 1101, at first I believed it to be funny and laughed about it. As the semester progressed, I took more advice from this paper considering I didn’t know of a greater example at the time. It helped for a while because I have always been critical of how I write. I always wanted to write the best paper the first time around. Eventually I learned about how I wrote and what I could to improve. Before this I enjoyed writing last minute papers on the grounds that I felt…
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It was the beginning of the 2012 fall semester when I attended my first English class in over ten years. I enrolled at Georgia Perimeter College with the plans to get a degree in dental hygiene. It didn’t really matter to me that I was a high school dropout with only a GED. I was there to learn, and I was starving for knowledge. I came from a broken home, and higher education was never discussed when I was a child. As an adult I see myself as an achiever, far too motivated and curious about the world…
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I was constantly debating if I should take a college composition or not. I had original planned to take honors English 12 but, my mother constantly urged me to take college composition now so I wouldn’t have to take it in college. The major reason why I didn’t want to take college composition was because I didn’t want to have a repeat of AP English 11. I struggle all through AP English. Even though it wasn’t necessarily a hard class, it was my writing that held me back. I also struggled with keeping…
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I could write good papers or understand the books that I read, until English 057. English 057 has given my confidence that I needed to read and write to my full ability. It has also shown me that a little hard work pays off and you can accomplish anything. English 057 has taught me new techniques, how to go out of my comfort zone and to be myself. I believe because of this class, I am a better reader and writer. During English 057 I was very active in class. In the beginning of the semester I was…
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This semester of English 102 has not been easy. It has been challenging and at times stressful. Even though I have been in honors and AP classes throughout my school career, I found myself learning new things as I completed ethnography, argumentative, and research essays for this course. I have always struggled with the finer points in grammar and phrasing, but as I combed through my rough drafts and received input from others, I began to learn and understand how to catch and fix those errors when…
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first semester of college has been a test and has pushed me to further limits and heights in order to better myself. I can truly say that this year has tested me in many ways the road has been tough. I'm only anxious to what my future holds in my english 1102 class. Hopefully with everything I've gained this semester This will allow me to have a strong edge, that allows me to channel my new tactics on the writing process. I remember entering…
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My biggest improvements in English 111 was the process of constructing my essays, and my progress in research writing essays. The class has taught me a tremendous amount of information on how to start an essay, what the essay consists of and how to set up the essay. I came into English 111 not knowing half the terms we went over, or how to use them. Since the class, I now know the meaning and the proper way to incorporate them in my essays. The environment that I am surrounded in while learning is…
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