America Reflection

This worksheet requires unpacking the key elements of a published scholarly journal article and demonstrating APA source citation skills, activities you will engage in frequently in the completion of a variety of assignments including essays, research papers and literature reviews in future courses.

The first few months were okay, I struggled with being homesick often which was hard on not only myself but my grades. When I went back for the second semester I felt fine and refreshed. The two months before I was to be done with my first year of college I ended up losing two of my close friends exactly a month apart. This was a difficult time for me to deal with because I was still mourning the loss of my best friend who had passed right after graduation. At that point, I was very depressed but I knew I was close to getting out of school for the summer. I pushed through it and ended up finishing the semester with good grades, which I was very proud of myself

The past two semesters were great experiences. Within this past school year my knowledge as a reader and writer has improved. It felt like it was just yesterday, when I had a lot of difficulty writing and poor reading strategies. Now, as I said before, I am an improved writer and reader. The assignments and class activities over the two semesters were great benefits to me, and helped me make progress towards the first year learning goals.

As the Fall 2017 term comes to end, I look back on what I have accomplished in this class. English 102 – Composition II was one of the most challenging and toughest class I have taken at UW-Stout, but feel as though it has helped me to improve my writing skills. Even before the semester started the feeling of anxiety had taken over, as writing has never been my strongest skill, but stayed positive and confident I would be successful. Much to my surprise, my instructor, Michael Critchfield quickly addressed that this class would not be easy and amazingly changed my views of writing throughout the entire semester.

To begin this reflection essay I just want to say that this year has been ups and downs like a relationship. I start off on a good path then I go in reverse like driving a car. I’m not trying to be lyrical I’m trying to be rhetorical if you know what I mean. In the beginning of the year I’ve struggled with academic vocabulary, sentence fragments and much more that I can’t possibly remember. In fact, I got through it like a maze so lost In the beginning but at the end feeling accomplished. Capitalizing my I’s was one of the struggles I always had. Now It Isn’t a big deal for me.

Many people come to America to live their dream. Some people were privileged to be born and raised in their American dream, but others were not so lucky. They were not born here and they didn’t get the opportunities that Americans were born with. Some people had to fight to get here and fight to get what they wanted. Although, America has not always been nice to them. We claim that coming to America is the best thing that can happen to someone, but when they get here there isn’t much “traditionalists” are willing to offer them. This is especially true when it comes to individuals from the Muslim or Islamic decent. America promotes their acceptance, but they are not willing to accept everyone. This is the injustice that is ramped in America

This semester involved many writings that challenged my process in ways big and small. The variety of prompts each had their own details that required me to change perspectives as well as research topics to test my abilities as a writer. The topic that I felt helped me grow as a writer the most was the Personal Narrative. This essays caused me to think in its own way and only after completion was I able to effectively use the methods it taught me in my other assignments.

My thoughts on america will be stated in this essay. These are my opinions and I hope they are not taken offensively in any way. This is going to be 100% honest and truthful. What you are about to hear may shock you. Now let’s get right into this essay.

As the end of freshman year of college approaches, it become easier to see how much a person can change in just one year. It is necessary for a person to see this change in oneself to determine where they have improved, what still needs improvement, and unfortunately, in what ways they have gotten worse. Although it is easy to state that a self-analysis is necessary, it is not easy to identify specifically what and why something is being done wrong. Needless to say that identifying what has been improved is an even greater challenge. Professor Shaw-Tillmon has been an immense help to me since the start, beginning in WRC 1013 all the way to present. By using clear and specific remarks, she has helped me see and understand the flaws in my writing.

In these two chapters, Sonia Sotomayor talks about having to separate from her childhood friend. She also talks about her trip to Puerto Rico, where her family roots are. Her mother also want her to know her grandfather. But her trip to see him did not end with a good relationship.

While reading the textbook “The Americans”, I found that the text proved to be more complex than I originally thought. First, when looking at the text it seemed to be extremely short and easy, with a wide variety of short and concise topics. However, while reading the text it proved to use vocab words that were meant for a higher grade than the one I originally thought. This caused me to raise my ratings from a 6th grade to an 8th grade level. But, to my surprise the actual grade of the text proved to be 13.8. This was about 8 levels higher than my original thoughts and 6 levels higher than my after-thought of the text. This lead to me being highly surprised of the actual grade of the text, since it seemed so easy to read.

As the semester started, I had set my mind that I was destined to achieve a lot. During the start of the semester, I had several difficulties writing English assignments especially in terms of grammar. During the first week of the semester, I sat down, organized my thoughts and comprehended that throughout the semester, I had to achieve all that I had planned for. As a student of English, I had planned that throughout the semester, I had to improve my skills as a scholar, writer and critical thinker. Now that the semester has ended, I can reflect all the semester activities to depict how my writing skills and critical thinking skills have drastically improved. This paper presents a reflection paper of how this

The reflective writing assignments that we had engaged to write in this class was helpful because I was able to express my emotions that I encountered on my first semester of

Since the beginning of the semester, my writing has changed and evolved to accommodate and sustain longer essays. With longer essays, there is more room for in-depth analysis. Further analyzing a topic has led me to findings that I did not know existed. As I continue to write, I uncover addition and superior methods to approach my writing to the benefit of me and therefore, my audience. Throughout the semester, I have incorporated techniques to further my narrative throughout my writing.