Comp 2 Class Reflection

I have written more in the past year in this course than I probably wrote throughout high school career. This class made me notice that prewriting really does make a difference in the end result as well as having a peer critique your paper. Instead of writing a quick paper and just handing it in, I was actually forced to take the time out to write a rough draft, read my own work out loud, and revise my work. It helped me make my writing more organized and have a better flow throughout my paper In the future, I will continue to use this method as well as visit the many resource we have on campus that can give feedback what can make my paper better or just checking for grammar errors, spell check, and sentence fragments.

Throughout this course, I was able to assess and evaluate my weaknesses and strengths in writing. This class has truly brought out my ability to write, a skill I did not believe I had. I now know what it takes to become a college-level writer. Also, at the beginning of the course I did not particularly enjoy writing. Now, however, I have a greater respect for

I had my appointment on the previous week at the Writing center. I brought my 2nd project for ENGL 160 class. I scheduled tutor to “face to face”, because I think it is the best way to improve all of my mistakes. Before going to Writing center, I was thinking that this tutor doesn’t help me at all, but fortunately my thoughts was wrong and I enjoyed 1 hour of editing my project.

Moreover, I consider homework assignments and activities in this course to be helpful. They have enhanced my writing skills, as I know how to write a story, a scenario, and how to support my argument. Frankly speaking, English writing must be my weakest point. However, due to our professor, all instructions were given in a precise manner and I could understand all tasks.

When I began working in this class I was fearful that it would be a waste of my time. In high school, I took two AP English classes: administration at my school cancelled the first one in the middle of the year and I did not excell in the second. However, because of my educational background I am used to being challeneged and I did not see this course doing that for me. I never characterized myself as a great writer but I was already very familiar with the skills being reviewed so I did not believe that this course would add much value to my writing skills.

Based on my classroom learning experience and the interacting within the Deaf community, I have several point to bring to attention that will elaborate my thoughts on beneficial attributes of an ASL class personally and professionally. This class actually has become one of the most challenging, yet satisfying classes I have every taken in my life. The area which is engaged the least, producing ASL, is to me the most beneficial. This area of the class is the heart-and-soul of why I fell in love with it. It’s using communication to connect with others. At first while attending ASL 1, I loved the large classroom size because it was easier to hide amongst others. I still seem to rely on this mechanism such as the Deaf events and when they

Before I had begun the class, I always thought there was a right or wrong way to write a paper. A typical five paragraph essay, with a specific topic, and in the end would end up being similar to all of my follow classmates’ papers. I would turn it in, get the same grade as all my peers and be happy with it. This class made me realize that that was not the only kind of writing there was. It taught me that there were more options available and more creative ways to write rather than the way they’ve been teaching and pounding into our heads since we were young. Literacy to me, before I started the class, meant following the guidelines and getting a grade. There was no leeway or openness. There was always a right or wrong way to literacy.

At the beginning of the semester, I assumed that this was going to be similar to other English classes that I have taken in the past. I thought we would be writing using textbook formats or ways that I had been taught in the past. I thought that the professor would have the same outlook on the course and how assignments should be completed, compared to other English courses. I was wrong.

Throughout this course we have done three sets of revision with our essays and learned a lot of skill to make our writing better and more professional. In general, I do not think I am a bad writer, but this class has taught me techniques that I can take with me as I advance into my college career.

Overall this class has allowed me to grow as a writer. A strength that I have learned in this class is that I can write a pretty decent college paper. My ability to revise, edit, and proofread papers is better than what I was led to believe in high school. Another strength of mine is that I can think pretty creatively.

Before taking this course my writing styles and habits were very different. I was the typical procrastinator because I would wait until the night before a paper was due to start it. This did not allow me enough time to properly proofread everything, which resulted in getting points deducted for simple grammatical errors that could have been avoided if I would have had the time to proofread. My writing styles have many strengths and weaknesses and I have been able to improve my writing because of them. I have learned from my strengths and weaknesses how to become a better writer.

Throughout the entirety of this course I have been able to learn a vast amount of things that I did not fully understand before. While I have heard many of these things before, this class has helped me strengthen and fortify my understandings of the things that will be presented on the CSCS. While I do not plan on taking the CSCS until March I have kick started my progress in obtaining this certification because of the effort that I have put into this class, and it has almost become enjoyable to be able to learn as much as I can so that I can really knock it out of the park on the test. This paper will be a synopsis of the things that I have learned, highlighting major topics and points (from the syllabus), and the final grade that I

As a part of the required activities for the course EGR9220 “Teaching in Higher Education Practicum” at Villanova University, I have had the opportunity to teach a few sessions for CEE2105 for fall semester 2017, supervised by Dr. David Dinehart. On Wednesday November 1st, I recorded two lectures to be posted on the blackboard and viewed by students prior to their in-class session on the following Friday and Monday. I received the PowerPoint slides for those recorded session from Dr. Dinehart, however, added certain material to them with his consent. In particular, I added a nine-step problem solving procedure to be implemented during in-class sessions, 37 and 38. The total duration of the recorded sessions was about 26 minutes. The first recording was titled “Centroids of the composite areas”, and the second recording was titled “Centroid of composite areas, lines, and volumes”.

I’m in class. Maggy dean is giving another lecture and all I can think about is anything but economics, my chair is too hard and the room is too cold. I Occasionally pick up on random things about positive externalities or price ceilings but mostly I will be in my own world. It’s not that I’m not trying to stay focused it’s just that I can’t seem to do so. Usually in classes like these I will go back later when I’m at home or in an isolated area and re-read the topics we covered in class in the textbook. This usually works and I do well in the class but this class is different/ The topics we cover in class are much more complex than what’s in the book. I can’t help but to get frustrated with how the class is taught but I suck it up and do something about it. First thing after class I walk over to the teacher and come up with a plan on what I can do to do well in this class. Self- advocating is a big part of my success in high school, especially in economics class.

When I look back on this class, I see how far I’ve come with my views on reading and writing. In high school I hated reading and writing. As I’ve gone through this class I have realized that reading and writing are not bad at all. Obviously it can be boring when you are forced to do so however I now understand the need for my comp class. When I started the semester I figured we would learn the same thing that I learned in high school, I was very wrong. This class goes much more in depth on how to relate our readings into our papers were in high school we would merely only do research papers and could not put any personal touch into them. (expand)