Essay On Academic Reflection

It is still so surreal to reflect back on my first semester as an incoming college student in the ENC1101 course, analyzing at my progression as a reader and writer in literacy. Since the first day of class I set in stone my goals for this class: receive a 4.0 GPA, develop my connecting theories skills in writing, and become more aware of objectives for each Unit throughout the course. All of these goals became achievements that not only make others proud but most importantly give me self pride. In order to earn the grades and achieve these goals, I went after every opportunity that I was given as an incoming college student, such as office hours and extra credit. By taking this course I have gained confidence with the utilization of literacy, and made an addition to my group of impactful literacy sponsors. Once students are finished with high school they assume that there is nothing else to learn beyond the stereotypical five paragraph essay, but they are so wrong. I was able to obtain so much knowledge about numerous course concepts from Writing about Writing, articles, and my professor. These concepts will carry on with me throughout a bright future of writing courses, job interviews, and any other skills that require literacy. The four outcomes listed below will help illuminate how I improved as a writer, by being a driven college student and going out of the way to earn my achievements in this course. In the first outcome I improved comprehending scholar texts,

Many people experience exclusion in their lives; yet, when they feel included, they experience the process of healing. In the memoir Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Power of Adversity, Dw Brees’ journey to healing is explored. This experience of exclusion to inclusion is also discussed in Becoming Human by Jean Vanier. The New Orleans Saints accepted Drew, a severely injured quarterback at the time, just as Jean Vanier accepted people with intellectual disabilities into L’Arche. Withal, Drew is given the opportunity to motivate and inspire his team, and those people included in the L’Arche community are given the opportunity to develop new, meaningful relationships. For Drew, having this opportunity results in a milestone for the whole team that represents hope for New Orleans, while the people with intellectual disabilities being able to be in an inclusive community result in the maturity of the heart. Both works suggest that being inclusive towards other people, especially those excluded in society, by welcoming them into a particular community result in a person’s internal and external healing.

Before my Honors Mindset class I had never heard of many of the terms we are discussing. I had no knowledge of all these different ideas that every student should be aware of. Learning about these concepts made me think about the way i have learned and currently learn. I would love to be able to say that being in the honors program I already exhibit all of the qualities necessary to be truly successful in school and ultimately in life. Saying this would be a lie. I still have a long way to go in order to be successful in my endeavors. While thinking back on my career as a student I realized how guilty I was of not exhibiting the many qualities we have learned about. Along the way there have been times where I utilized the habitudes and times

During the whole process of designing the IMC plan for HP Sprocket in this semester, I have earned valuable experience about teamwork, and I have learned lessons not only from class, but also from the whole working process. First of all, I have to admit that this group is one of the best groups I’ve ever had, I used to think that only failed experience helps people learn and grow. However, this time in a well-organised group, I found that I was wrong, positive experience contributes as well. This essay will reflect what I have learned, and it will be mainly divided into two parts: academic reflection and experiential reflection.

challenge themselves. A honors student is a student who wants to learn and apply themselves

I feel strongly and I am convince that the fact that I had a headache and blocked sinuses affected my learning during the course time.

My decision on a major field of study at Western Michigan University was a process that took much thought and reflection. With my high school teachers’ strong leadership, they inspired me to possibly pursue anything as a career. The long process of finding out what I want to do with my life started in the summer when I was trying to figure out what career would best suit me for the future. Im that kind of person where I need entertainment in my life, so I narrowed it down to some jobs I can't do, such as being a business major and sitting in a office my whole life, and accounting, because I despise math. During my thinking process, I utilized what subjects I enjoyed in high school that I’d like to learn more about in college. I came to a

I was born in a dense, rural community where a strong emphasis in education was vital to appeal to American culture’s view of success. Children in my community were often tasked with the improbable duty of debunking the myth of the poverty cycle. To exacerbate my misery of such a soporific task being anchored from my shoulder, I would use written words to suffice those that fail to echo from my mouth. As a young girl, I was not interested in the literature of others; I choose to create my own literature through poetry, essays and a nonfiction book, which I failed to finish. Much of my childhood has been riddled with inner failure, but external success in my academics, which helped me graduate first in my high school class and win the Gates Millennium Scholarship. The temptation to give up was compelling, but that voice in my head pushed me to college.

This reflection paper is about Judy, a 40-year-old woman that migrated from Guyana to Canada with her husband and three children ages 5, 7, and 9. Judy has been married for twelve years, but she has been living in Ontario for ten years with her family. Her husband left her for a younger woman and wants nothing to do with her and the children. Judy says she is very angry, and finds herself crying uncontrollably at times. Also by her tone of voice and the expression on her face, I could see the resentment that she feels for her husband. Judy has never worked outside the home, and her husband took care of all the rent and bills. Now she feels that she is going into a state of depression as she is worried about how she is going to handle the responsibilities of caring for her three children and paying the bills without having a job or any help from friends and relatives.

I determined that I needed a new interest, something to keep my mind engaged and challenged. I enrolled in the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) through the Columbia Southern University (CSU) just for fulfillment. This reflection assignment exercise proves to be the catalyst for my future college endeavors. The assignment to reflect on DBA program dreamed of taking steps towards realizing those ideas and course accomplishments right now. Due to time some course assignments, I will embrace, and others will become challenging.

I was nominated for this course of study by the Criminology and Criminal Justice department at Glyndwr University. Once receiving notification I was both pleasantly surprised and excited. This is in-part due to my previous credentials which include professional experience in leadership roles in the hospitality industry, beauty industry and welfare-to-work sector. Based on my working history, the course is everything I expected it to be as I have always had a keen interest for gaining a better understanding of myself and others. My only criticism, is that I personally feel I would have gained more from the course by discussing the topics in more depth, therefore perhaps a course of longer duration may have been more beneficial for me.

This reflective report is going to demonstrate an outline of our group dynamics leading up to and during the presentation. The purpose of this is to learn from the experience so that any other future group presentations will be improved. I will also give my opinion to what I have learnt in regards to presenting and overall my ability to work in a team.

When I write, I believe one of my strengths is that I am able to generate logical perspectives and strong conclusions. I am able to analyze the literature and relate to it in many different ways. In the compare and contrast essay I wrote, "Oliver conveys a tone of remembrance by juxtaposing 'the old burn-dump this waste place' and 'this secret garden'". I am able to apply literary terms and analyze how the author uses them to enhance their writing. In the same essay, I stated, "By using short, concise sentences, Oliver is more direct in her delivery and showing her lamentations for what has happened to the earth around her". I am able to analyze what the author is doing and the effect that it has on the reader.

What concepts, principles, or ideas that you have learned, do you think you will remember the most after you leave this class?

The aim of the reflective essay is to highlight my own personal development skills that I have developed during first semester of my module. However, in this report I will make sure my learning ability phase and what this module has allowed me to work and understand in improving my personal skills and purpose. My major aim is to develop and assess an in depth range of my personal traits as a student in order to endorse my future development plan.