I Am I The Only One Mentally Unprepared For English 088?

This program forced me to be on top of my work and to keep an organized schedule. Due to the fact that this course goes by so fast and work is thrown towards the students all at once, if not cautious it can be very easy to fall behind on work. There is no time to slack off on work and wait until the last minute, because the program gives the students no time. Every minute of the day is taken up by homework and actual class time. This has forced me to

There is a misconception about the professors (sometimes called instructors). Questions arise such as; will they make time for me when I need the extra help? How large will the class be? Will they understand that this may not be as easy for me as it is for others? These questions enter our minds and may seem discouraging at times. Through my personal experiences I have found that classroom atmospheres may not always be for everyone. However, that does not mean college life is not for everyone. You can take many alternative routes. You can take advantage of telecourses, online courses, accelerated courses and many other options that may be more suitable. My professors have been great. They come in earlier to help and return e-mails and/or phone calls promptly.

I have made a schedule on what days I would be writing my papers for my other 3 classes. I also broke down the chapters I will be studying on different days for my algebra class. I don’t think it will be to hard because in high school I had to take 6 exams for all my classes. This year all I have to take is one physical in class exam. So this whole process will be different for me. To this day I still appreciate how prepared I came into college, in large parts thanks to my high school. If all goes well, I can finish my first semester with all A’s. Although the semester went by fast, there were days were it went by really slow. I’ve learned a lot in my first semester. Some things didn’t go as expected for me, but in the end it’s a lesson leaned. Lastly, next semester I will be having a new roommate. One of my roommates is transferring so I am assuming that they would place another girl in our room. I’m anxious to see who it is and how everything turns out. Hopefully everything works out because have good roommates is essential for a good college experience, in my opinion. Anyways these next 2 weeks I will be reviewing all my notes and writing all my papers. I know what the reward is for me if I everything goes well. I must finish the semester

Going into your first year of college is like going on a rollercoaster in an amusement park, you think it’s going to be scary, but it truly isn’t. You ride up a couple of hills, thinking it’s all fine and dandy but then it all seems to go downhill. Fast. And once you start moving faster, and faster, you feel like it will never end. That’s what it felt like for me in english class, there were sometimes everything felt easy and I’m essentially going uphill, but then I have to do an essay, and It all goes downhill. One problem that my professors have told me is I have the bad case of “Engfish”. Which I never saw as a bad thing, until I read the Michael Colson and Ken Macrorie perspective on “What is Engfish”.

What was the most challenging thing about this semester? Did you handle it well or did you let it get to you?

Coming into junior year and taking an AP English class, I am extremely nervous. Outside of English, I am taking two other AP classes, so I am worried about the work load that I will be responsible for throughout the year. I have heard from my older sister that AP English is a fun, great class. Throughout my eleven years of school, I have always been one to challenge myself and I fell that by taking AP English I will be challenging myself once again. I am looking forward to a good year this year.

I will need to put in motion all these steps and tools to successfully meet the goals I have set for myself. Id I stick to this personal rubric I have made for myself I should be able to go thru my classes with no problem

Stress is a main aspect of the human condition, because everyone goes through a daily amount of stress, whether the problems come from school, family, even physical activities. The first time I felt a load of stress was earlier this year in fact, on a Thursday in September. I had many assignments due that day, and had a football game for band later as well. There was a reading check for “WHAP”, and the second I had seen the vocab and multiple choice questions my stomach started churning. There was sweat running down my face.... The notes I had took were horrendous, the thought of my French IP Practices the next period did not help either. Even though the day had finished and I did not have to stress over school anymore,

As the semester was coming to a beginning I honestly thought I was ready for this course. I say this because senior year high school I took an advanced placement English class. I also, say I was ready to start this course because I have had practice with English and writing essays during my summer before beginning Fall year. I would get good grades on my essays both my AP English class and my Summer English class. So with that being said I thought I was going to do good in this course. As I began this course and saw that we were only going to be doing three essays and a portfolio for the whole year, I thought I was so ready for the semester. I thought this class was going to be one of my easiest class. As assignments were coming up I thought

As I walk into the school, I take a deep breath repeating the words “I can do this, I’ve done it before.” Laying my paper down to the table, the woman gives me the okay to head up to room 222. Walking up the stairs I could feel my heartbeat pound harder and harder, as if I had an elephant pounding on my chest. Realizing this was my last chance to take this test before I started applying to colleges, made my stress level rise uncontrollably.

In fact, it was the worst part of my entire year. It was by far the most challenging class I had ever taken. At one point it even brought me to tears. I was trying as hard as I could. I was working with my teacher in the mornings and in the afternoons. Yet, I was still failing tests and quizzes. I remember taking this one quiz three times before I finally got a grade that I deemed acceptable. It was the first time I had ever felt inadequate in the classroom. I felt like my brain did not work anymore. It was a difficult time for me. I had always excelled in honors courses, and I was doing well in my other AP classes. It was this one class that could not seem to figure out. I did not understand why my performance was so poor. Granted, the whole class struggled with this course. But, they too started to make small improvements. I had managed to maintain between a D and an F throughout the course of the semester. This was disappointing because I wanted to do well. I did have some small victories, but it was not the kind of performance that I was proud of. I was not used to giving something my all and getting nothing in

When this semester started I felt sure that this class would be an easy one for me and that I would not have any problem passing this class, after all I was an experienced mom and worked in a daycare setting for more than three years. That is a very arrogant position for me to take. As I look back over this semester the one thing I wish more than anything is that I should have taken the time to add this class to my schedule first thing. This class would have given the background I needed to not feel so lost in some of my classes. I have learned a great deal and have grown professionally in many ways.

When I first was first beginning to work on this project, I was overwhelmed by the amount of work that was needed to complete it. I was worried I would be unable to balance the workload from the project with my other classes. I had no previous experience doing something like this, so I wasn't sure what to expect. To combat the large workload, I planned on evenly spacing the work out throughout the semester. I was able to stick with the plan at first, but as the semester went on a slowly got more and more behind. As the due date approached, I rescheduled the work I had left. I made a strong effort to stick to this schedule so I wouldn't have to do all the work the night before the project was due. Not putting everything off until the last night greatly reduced the amount of stress that could

I have many ways that this has been challenging for me. The class work has gotten more difficult for me, I take PAP classes and I feel like I am falling behind. The work is making me get confused sometimes. Now we can get tardies so that's brand new. We only get 4 minutes to get from one class to another.

In the beginning of the semester, I was scared because I didn 't know what to expect from this course. At that time, I was still getting used to the idea that I am not in Elementary school anymore. High school was very different from what I expected to be. I was still getting used to the amount of effort that needs to be put in a work, amount hours you need to study and do your homework and many more. I used to think that GLS is not going to help me academically and it just an unnecessary course. I use to sit and do nothing, I would do the assessment at the last minute basically day before. I would text and call people asking for help. Then later on I realized that GLS is one of the courses that helps you discover your study skills, tells you a suitable path that student should go to, career path, and many more. {Picture of the course outline; explains how confuse I was I had no idea what was going on.} {Picture of our very first assignment; explains that after our first assignment, I got the idea of what you have to do in this course, felt much better after I realized what we are expected to do.}