Dual Credit Course

Having such a hard English class really opens student’s eyes to how easy they had it in the past years of their life. Many college students take several classes throughout the week. Therefore, it is going to be hard to keep up with all of them. Especially when it is hard enough to keep up with one. Students that are coming straight from high school are going to realize that the classes in college are harder than what they have been used to. They will finally understand why everyone in the past had told them that it was going to be so much different than high

I decided to take AP Language and Composition due to the requirements of the University of Iowa. For my intended major, I need two rhetoric classes and one literature class. Last year I completed the literature class which improved my reading ability tremendously. After completing ENG 105, I have improved in multiple areas, but I am most proud of my improvement on the writing volume and stamina as I now have the ability to write college level essays. When examining all of the competencies, I have not mastered any one of them, but have improved in multiple categories throughout the semester.

One goal I have for the year 2016 is finish my basics for college before I graduate high school. I’m going to achieve this goal by continuing the dual-credit program at my local college San Juan. This goal means a lot to me due to the fact I am a Junior in high school and I could graduate as a sophomore or if I work extremely hard even as a junior in college. By achieving this goal I could save thousands of dollars in college fee’s due to the fact as long as I’m in high school while taking my dual credit courses I don’t have to pay. Along with saving money this goal also will allow me to graduate college almost fresh out of high school, meaning I could pursue my dream of being a children’s occupational

Lewis notes that, “The incoming freshman have very poor skills to begin with, and that sets a new set of goals for the instructors on the basic courses.” As Nevarez mentions, he believes dual credit courses are conditioning students to think that they are good writers, without knowing exactly how to become a good writer. Nevarez offers a solution to this problem by explaining that, “Dual-credit courses are conditioning students to think they are good writers, through contextual writing assignments and syntactical lesson plans. However, they do not teach them to think and write critically in any subject or area. Looking into dual-credit classes being offered at different schools, the instructional methods seem to rely on the basis that expertise in syntax is essential for college education. This ideology does not mirror the expectations of university instructors, as noted by Lewis. Their biggest concern is for students to be able to think and write critically. We need a shift from the traditional contextual writing curriculum in dual-credit courses, to a grounded theoretical and pragmatic writing curriculum. With this new implementation, the curriculum will have to be structured in a reading- and

I began this course with goals to significantly improve my writing. I knew there were challenges for me to overcome, because I have not written much at all since high school, which has been more than twenty four years ago. Nonetheless, I was up for the challenge and each week I made sure to do exactly as instructed in the weekly syllabus, reading each every assignment very carefully. At first I felt overwhelmed, but as I completed the homework and discussion post assignments for the weeks prior to the major papers, the overwhelming feelings subsided and I concentrated on each task at hand.

The course definitely changed the way I approached writing a paper. One day in lecture you quoted Ernest Hemmingway saying, “The first draft of anything is shit.” This changed the way I approached and wrote papers. I used to start papers the night before, barely look over them and making few changes. This course encouraged me to outline, write a rough draft and constantly review then finalization the paper. Peer review before this class I though was pointless because most student hardly pay attention to the paper and usually wrote “good job.” The students in the class actually read my paper and gave honest feedback and ways to improve it. Also to have a teacher read your draft and give feedback with what is wrong and ways to help the quality of the paper helped greatly. This English class was definitely different than high school English.

The transition from secondary to postsecondary education can be a daunting experience for students. Over the years, many programs have been implemented at the secondary level to help ease this transition. Dual-credit programs are one of the most effective means of helping high school students prepare for the rigor of college (Taylor, 2015 and Giana, Alexander, & Reyes, 2014). Although the format of dual-credit forms vary greatly from state to state and even school to school, the approach is the same- students concurrently earn high school and college credit in a course before graduating from high school. Many studies have examined the ways in which participation in dual-credit programs can help students matriculate to postsecondary education. These benefits include increased likelihood of enrolling in a postsecondary institution, greater academic preparedness and achievement, and greater persistence throughout college and degree attainment.

Through this program, students have an opportunity to receive college and high school credits at the same time. The ability to explore college resources while getting a jump start on a college career is why this year alone, more than 14,000 Dual Credit students have chosen South Texas College be part of their college transition!

In the first few weeks this class was hard and challenging for me the reason was that I needed to do more reading for To Kill A Mockingbird, and learn how to write an effective writing that could help me in my assignments. When the first month of school was over I realized that the assignments are getting easier for me it was getting easier for me because I know what was going on in class so I could do my best.

What a long year with Mr.Dresner, this year consisted of a bunch of bumpy roads. The things I liked most about the class was the freedom he gave us. The more we got into the school year Mr.Drenser became more open-hearted and less aggressive towards his favorite class. Taking this course greatly benefited me; it improved my writing skills, and strengthened my vocabulary. Look at it this gaining college credit while you're in high school can guarantee that you'll be more successful than the other incoming freshman’s. At Miami Norland Sr. High you would usually see your teacher at least 2 or 3 days out of a week. Each class period would be about 90 minutes. During the time we would be on the computer or cellular devices doing some research on the next upcoming project. In this dual enrollment class you are responsible for turning in your work. I also liked how we were able to submit our work online. The class was 50% virtual. This gives me more extra time to do other things such as my after school activities. I would recommend this class to anyone. The connection with our teacher really took us a long way, not only in the classroom, but outside in

I hope this email fines you well. I am writing you because we have noticed an issue with our dual credit students. We have noticed (email below) that students and/or parents are calling English/Math professors and getting permission to be placed into closed courses. This is causing us some issues because we tell students that the courses are full and/or we have to wait to register dual students until all the regular students have had the opportunity to register. We adhere to the policies of dual registration set forth by Admission. For Math we tell the students that they have to get placed on a waitlist. This usually leads to no English and very few Math courses being available for dual students. Given these current issues, we want to

Great post Abby! I think it is very true when you said, "English is not easy." I have struggled in the English department my whole life because I never had a teacher really show me how to make it better and give me self-confidence in my writing. I feel like Professor Warfield and her TA have made that their main goal in this class. Their teachings on quotes and different types of structure are lessons that are going to stay with me even after I graduate. This class was not meant for lazy people you really had to stay on top of your work and push yourself to have a successful semester. It is good to be pushed because then you will see you can succeed farther than you ever imagined possible. Through that might be hard and maybe sometimes frustrating

I am a science major and I have always minimized English Language courses because I thought I was already very good at writing. I did not think I would ever really need to use what I would acquire from such a course. When I came to Montgomery College and I was going to take the course English 101, my expectations were that I would have no difficulty scoring good grades in the course and I would learn nothing really helpful from it. This is because in high school, I put very little effort into my English class, but I had impressive scores in writing. I began to understand that I am not as good as I thought I was at writing when I started taking english courses in college. During my previous English course, English 102, I was able to improve certain aspects of my writing which I am glad for. For instance I am confident that my essay structures are well built. But some things in writing remained a challenge for me. I am glad that I am taking an English course that would permit me to work on things I thought I was already good at like awareness in writing essays and proper use of grammar and punctuation

First, I worked hard on my first goal of passing this class. This was a basic goal, but I felt it was important to achieve. I set a strategy to help meet this goal to turn all of my work in on time. I began at the beginning of each week by reviewing the due dates for my assignments. Then I prioritized the tasks that I should complete first. I drafted my writings early to give me time to proofread before submitting them. I also made an effort to complete my readings and quizzes the night before they were due. I feel this was a good strategy as it helped me to complete and turn in all assignments on time. In addition, I also asked for help proofreading my writings from family members. They read the writings and pointed out any misspellings or errors. I then corrected any such potential mistakes. Consequently, all of these strategies helped me to complete my goal of passing this class.

English is a subject I have always felt strong with as a student, this area of strength has not only benefitted me in my this course but has helped me to succeed in every class I have taken. American literature so far has gave me a new and refined understanding, from read and writing to communicating my ideas in group discussions. Never before have I been able to have such a confident understanding of was I was reading and writing. I have gained a new and refined belief of what it means to annotate a text and why it is important, though I will always have reserved feelings about them. In discussion groups by referring to my annotations I am able to express my ideas and observations about the text. I have never before been so challenged with a piece of writing, throughout my career as a student prompts had always been specific and specifications were always strict. Writing literary analysis was not only a new type of essay writing for me but it required me to refer back to my annotations and think deeper about why I was having certain thoughts and opinions on a text to develop an argument. Whether it is reading, writing, or speaking the significance of everything I have mastered, and will continue to learn in english class will allow me to have fate in they way I express myself in the future.