Composition 1 Reflection

August 28, 2017, the first day of my fresh and scary journey. My first day as a Colorado Christian University student, English composition online is my first class. Part of me is ready; part of me is ready to throw in the towel. I hadn’t even had a chance to turn a paper in, and the first assignment, a 5-paragraph essay had me thinking “you’re a crazy person for going back to school, it’s been 11 years since you had to write a paper. What are you thinking?” I told myself its 5 weeks (later I would realize actually 6) you can make it 5 weeks! Although I knew writing wouldn’t be my easiest subject, I knew I had to try my hardest. This class was condensed and hard, but effective and informative; I’ve learned so much, felt all sorts of emotions and know I can apply what I’ve learned in classes to come.

As I have grown as a professional particularly over the past four years working with gifted learners, I recognize many lessons learned to improve my practice. My approach is less teacher directed and more student led blocks. I start with a brief mini-lesson for the topic of the day giving a few tips (as you can see in my whole group video clip). There is a short session of guided practice during this acquiring knowledge portion of the lesson. The bulk of the time then is given to investigations where I facilitate meaning making. Providing challenging tasks that I do not solve for or with them has given new excitement to my classroom. The level of engagement has skyrocketed. Conversations among students has given opportunity to build deep understanding on pre-algebra content. I have no students in academic support and none have failed their end-of-the year testing which is amazing given the complexity of our curriculum. Across the state, the 8th grade math assessment is one of the lowest performing end of the year tests. I am confident my experiences in the reflective cohort, balanced assessment committee, and gifted course work/Praxis time investments leading to endorsements had an impact on student learning.

Everyone is likely to experience some form of discrimination or prejudice; as is anyone capable of acting prejudiced towards others. On April 5th, 1968, a teacher in Riceville, Iowa named Jane Elliot conducted an experiment with her third grade class that dealt with the concept of discrimination; and was documented in Peters’ 1985 ‘A Class Divided’. The exercise originally took place the day after Martin Luther King was assassinated. The documentary is an eye opener to the world of racism and discrimination. Bucher (2010) describes racism as “discrimination based on the belief that one race is superior to another” (97). According to Bucher (2010) “discrimination is defined as the

To be perfectly honest my recollection of Comp 121 is a little foggy, i took the course roughly a year and a half ago and during my first semester and it was one of my first college level courses. From what i can recall it was a interesting and enjoyable, The professor Jacob Sherlock is no longer with the school, but was a professional writer along with a life-long lover and student of the written word. We regularly discussed current events and the class wide give and take of various ideas and viewpoints was truly enlightening and are easily amongst my most enjoyable and memorable college experiences. In particular i vibrantly recall a passionate debate on gun-control which was to be frank, dominated by a extremely Conservative former Army

The novel The Returned, by Jason Mott, takes place around 2005, in a small town of 150 people, called Acadia. Acadia is a very religious town, so when people begin to return from the dead, everyone has a different position. The mood from the story conveys many different emotions, when Jacob returns to his mother and father after 50 years in a grave, showing no signs of decomposition, the reader feels a sense of joy for the family, regaining their son. Once it is revealed that events like this are happening all over the world, curiosity and wonder fill the air.

Looking back at project 3, I felt very happy with the essay I produced. I am not one to enjoy writing since I usually do not feel very confident in my writing. I felt the work I produced through project 3 was one of my best. I put a lot of effort into this essay and it showed in my final draft. With this being said, after comparing my essay to the rubric I gave myself a 3.64 overall on this project for many reasons. This essay in no means was perfect, but I learned from my strengths and weaknesses.

I do not recall learning about reflective practice in my undergraduate studies. Reflective practice according to Barbour (2013), “is the cyclic process of internally examining and exploring an issue of concern, triggered by an experience, which creates and clarifies meaning in terms of self, existing knowledge, and experience; resulting in a changed conceptual perceptive and practice” (p. 7). According to Barbour (2013), reflective process has many positive outcomes to help guide the nurse to become an expert nurse that can make on the spot decisions that do not interrupt patient care. I feel that reflective practice would have been beneficial to help guide me from a student nurse to a practicing nurse with critical thinking skills.

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

My is Sandra Pugh I am writing this to let you about my grade at Ashford University. The reason that got a f at first that did drop the class in time. The second I start the class and my husband is disable and can work become ill I try to keep the class but thing did the way I wanted it go. My husband got sick and that took time from class because I had to take care of him and I could caught up with my assignment and also did not communication with instructors that was a problem communication. When communication with them it was late for me have everything done my time class was over. So I in up with fail grade the second time.

The therapist met with the client and the mother in person. The client was anxious aeb reporting that she is afraid to have a fight with her mother during the conjoint session as she stated, “Every time I meet my mother, I fight with her.” The client reported that she wants my mother to communicate with me as a 14 years old not as a young child. The mother stated, “I understand your feelings , but sometimes I do not understand what you mean because you are angry and you cannot control your emotion.” The mother shared that she will listen to the client attentively to be able to understand what she needs and try to understand her thoughts and affirm her emotion. The client listed the goals that she wants to work on with her mother are; positive

Compared to a large portion of the world, America has an extremely well equipped health care system. If one walks into a hospital they will not be turned away and told we do not have the supplies to treat you. In developing countries, clinics and hospitals have to turn away large quantities of people because they simply do not have the necessary equipment. Project C.U.R.E. was founded to combat this problem. At the start of my service, I did not effectively communicate and had to rethink how I was going about communicating with others. However by the end I used what I learned in class to effectively communicate and really help out at Project C.U.R.E.

The therapist and the client met with the client's parents via webcam for a conjoint session. The client started the session by sharing with his parents his expectations about his parents’ duties when he will graduate from the program. The client seemed anxious because he was not sure about his parents’ reaction towards what he expected from them as he reported that he has a bad experience with them when they were sarcastic and judgmental with him before. The therapist engaged the client and his parents in a discussion about his progress thus far in treatment. The client's parents shared that they are open and willing to listen to his expectations because they want to help him and they want to change their attitude to be not just parents, but

I have always tried my hardest in school, trying my best to make my parents proud of me. Have there been time when I could have tried harder? Absolutely. There have been many times where I have found myself slipping in my schoolwork, and I have always caught myself. There is one time in particular of my junior year that I won't soon forget.

My county is a rural community with a majority lower-middle to middle class population. The high school consists of about 600 students, with very little diversity. My school has also implemented a new 1:1 technology initiative. The goal is for every student to have their own chromebook by next school year. We have also begun implementing the new Common Core Curriculum. Since my county started school earlier than most, we were one of the first systems to begin the new standards. This has been a school year of new standards, and new technology

During my first semester here at Stout I learned lot in all my classes but especially in my Composition 1 class. As I did not have the greatest English teachers in the past this semester was very helpful to me. Not only was I able to expand my composition skills but also how to think and develop my writing even further. I could apply these new skills in my speech class as well and it gave me a better help when preparing and presenting my speeches.