Final Reflection

My writing process, no matter what, always includes brainstorming, rough drafts and proofreading. When I receive an assignment I read the question over what feels like a million times till I fully understand what it is asking. I will make notes on the handout and as soon as ideas come to my mind i will jot them down, even if I do not end up using them. As soon as I get ideas i role with it, even if I have to go back in the end and change everything. Rough drafts come next. I like to write them out first so i can scribble and make notes to myself and fill things in when i need to. I write in pen so sometimes by drafts can be more rough then they should be, but that is how i like it. After my essay is all finished I proofread, many many times.

In the beginning of the term I was assigned an essay that described me as a writer and thinker. With this essay being my first assignment, I was quite stressed with the feeling of failure. After this assignment I learned the importance of the drafting system. After my paper was graded I received it back and noticed multiple mistakes. This was the first step I practiced improving. Writing multiple drafts helped me analysis the material I wrote from another point of view. For example, I was able to eliminate sections that were unrelated from the main point. Building my vocabulary up another step I had focus as a writer and thinker. I used a combination between the dictionary and thesaurus to help me increase my vocabulary. Overtime with experience, I saw improvements in all of these categories that I was struggling

Outline, planning, revising, rough and final draft, grading. This is the typical process for writing an essay, I however as a young high school student never followed this. I started with an idea in my head and go on from there. I never considered a need to plan and prepare an outline, just to write a rough draft that I would have to revise, draft, and draft again. It would just be easier to start writing the final draft first right? No. This class has taught me many strategies on how to accustom my writing to a college level. Over the semester in this class I have grown, learned how to effectively draft, and experienced argumentative writing first hand.

Thinking back to the beginning of the semester, I improved in fixing my mistakes in my writing. Whenever I review and edit my drafts, I would usually overlook most mistakes because I would just read my draft but not look at the mistakes I commit. In my paper one draft, “Opening, social mind bugs are a trait human have developed to become social: human is social animals.” In my paper, one final, “Opening, social mind bugs are traits humans have developed to become social: humans are social animals.” In this first paper, I only recognized little mistakes that stood out in my final paper. I already noticed that I can remove the word “opening,” and I could have used a semicolon instead of a colon. I improved on looking for grammar mistakes. I started using a trick my tutor recommended for me to use when I am editing my paper. I should read my draft slower, so I

This is the step where I take all the feedback I received and I make the corrections in my essay. My main ideas should be shown clearly in the essay with clear organization. In my compare and contrast, I made the correction by putting my three main points in my thesis. Then I showed these main points in each body paragraph. When going through this step, I also fix any confusing areas that the person who read my draft may have found. In my initial and preliminary essays, I do not pay much attention to grammar or spelling. Once I am working on my final draft that will be turned in, I make sure that these grammar and spelling problems are corrected. I ready the essay multiple times and even get a second opinion to check my spelling and grammar. I have found correcting these small mistakes is a skill I still need to work on. After reading my essay many times, I start to get tired. When I get tired, it becomes very easy for me to read over errors. To improve on fixing grammar and spelling errors, I could take multiple breaks in between times that I work on my essay. I have a habit of doing all the correcting in one

I have learned so many things out of this class that would be very useful to me in the future. Also, I don’t think that if I truly want to write about all the things I have learned from this class it would all fill a 2 pages paper. However, the three main things that I have retained from this include how to write a response paper, how to read a book better, and how to better write essays.

The stages of the writing process that helped me write an essay the most are the Prewriting, Writing, Self-evaluation/self-revising and peer editing, and lastly finalizing the finished essay. Prewriting in my case is to be considered the simplest process, even though it is crucial in any essay. The reason behind it is that it consists of generating ideas through brainstorming (for me jotting the idea down on a paper), as well as engaging in free writing (writing everything that comes to

Prior to taking this class, I would always just complete the number of drafts that my teachers would request. I would simply make the small grammatical edit and not worry too much about the argument or how my prose sounded. Tons of useless filler sentences and unnecessary words filled my papers. That said, no one is ever going to make a perfect paper because writing is not about being perfect. It is an ongoing quest for persistent development of your work and this was crucial for me to realize. I would always assume that my work did not need numerous edits or copious amounts of revision. Looking back, I am not sure if this was because I secretly feared having to correct myself so I deliberately ignored digging through all of the flaws, or that I believed my writing quality would be just sufficient to reach my desired grade. I think the more realistic answer is the former. This semester has encouraged me to break down the stigma around needing to write a perfect paper. It is not happening. Once I came to this conclusion, my reservations about truly analyzing my papers melted away slowly. This testament to the continual process that is writing, though initially tough to deal with, will surely make my writing better and more

Buddhism has been relevant to my life throughout my own cultural experiences and knowledge that I received from the Buddhist Ethics course taught by Dr. Geoffrey Barstow. The ideas and practices of Buddhism were not limited to my past knowledge and continuously expanded as I went over the introduction level of the course. The study of Buddhism opened to me various aspects that were beyond what I had known. The most standing out topic seemed to change my perspective in Buddhism was karma. The concept of karma is not simply to determine every single action that I have done in my lifetime but it also makes me think critically what is right or wrong in many situations when I make an action or behavior to other people around

The key components to writing an essay or novel consist of a multiple step process, such as prewriting, rough draft, revising, proofreading, publishing, and the importance of rereading the work. One of the most sufficient ways to understand how to write properly is to understand the writing cycle itself and how it will benefit the writer. Never start writing with the introduction or the conclusion but to start with the body of the essay. These factors are important for the student to improve on their comprehensive skills to write effectively. When a student is learning the writing cycle, a teacher should not force a writing process on the student, instead let them find a process that works best for their writing style. Teach them how to focus how to focus on and understand the meaning of writing. Several writers look at prewriting as a great way to brainstorm and process all of their thoughts and combine them to work as one full piece. It is a great way to rehearse what to write or say in your essay. Prewriting is a great to do before doing a rough draft so when you transition from one to the other it should flow smoothly. The teacher should provide multiple strategies one the same subject or section of writing since each student doesn't learn the exact same as another. A rough draft is when you write a section of a paper or full essay without having to worry about editing or an errors that may have occurred. This

As the semester at its closing point I found myself in intro to ethic class having personal, work value and skills growth over these past 12 weeks in the spring semester. As I read over my old reflections essays and the rereading the materials it appears I was reading and looking at a different person paper. These personal growths help me become better person for the next upcoming semester and life.

Just 26,130 hours left. To many college students in my shoes, this number represents the hours they must put forth until they receive their diplomas. However, for me, this number has more significance: it represents the fleeting moments I have to academically and socially enrich myself in order to empower my community. While 26,130 hours might seem like an enormous amount of time, with the time spent on studying, sleeping, and maintaining good hygiene, this amount of time is decimated. With the remaining time, I have a choice of sustaining myself financially by working as a tutor or focusing on my interests through extracurricular activities. In most situations, I am obliged to pick the former as opposed to the latter. Although I gain money

I hope you're doing well! I just wanted to say thank you so much for teaching this course, I had a great semester as I learned a lot. I am very appreciative of the time and effort you spent to help me understand this course better and the time you took to write my feedbacks. The term has come to an end and the final grades have finally emerged. Last night, I was anxious and excited to see how well my efforts paid off. I was surprised to see that I got an A-, I felt proud and happy.

This week is pretty hectic. I just came back from the HIMSS Annual Conference 2016 in Las Vegas with lots of new discoveries and knowledge. The conference sharpened my career prospects and gave me input on other healthcare information system.

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