Letter From Anger : I Made It !

I have always struggled with my writing assignments. If I had the option not to write I would take that option with no hesitation. I truly dreaded it, when we have to type essays. Now, I have been into two English classes where I have felt a little more comfortable in being able to write something without being so embarrassed or ashamed in what I’m about to turn it. I still feel horrible about my spelling and grammar.

Some future college students are born with a natural talent in the subject English. Which includes critical thinking, writing, and reading. While for others, possibly being mathematicians, English is and probably will never be their keen subject in life. Students find more passions in sciences, arts, and medical teachings which is not something to look down upon. Although, many students forget that English is still a huge part of all these subjects. Where ever these students go they will find the necessity to read something or to write something. That’s where college English comes in handy. College English prepares students for academic writing at a university level, and also for their careers when formal writing is required. Many students fear college English classes, but there are many ways to succeed in these college English classes. Looking over the articles Becoming an Active Learner by Skip Downing, Brianology by Carol S. Dweck, and The Right to Fail by Willliam Zinsser, these authors express their feelings on being able to succeed in life in a general view. Mainly taking education into consideration. Students should not be afraid of college English classes because their are many ways to succeed in them by establishing a growth mindset, creating an active learning pattern, and having a positive and mature attitude.

It was my first writing class as a college freshmen and I did not know what to expect, like whether or not the class would be harder compared to what I took in high school or even if I would enjoy taking class. But as soon as day one turned in into week one, than soon week fifteen I felt more comfortable in the class than what I have probably felt in the beginning. I felt like I could write anything my professor threw at me, because through writing I could express my individuality. It gives me the freedom to express myself through words, and write about things I felt passionate about writing about. I felt as though I writing because I wanted to, and less because I was assigned to do so.

Entering the class, english comp. one, I had many fears as to what the class would be like. I had no idea what to expect as a senior in highschool. During the past english classes I had, we wrote papers, just not a different one every day. Going into english comp. one, I figured it would be the same method in english just like the past classes I had. On the very first day in the class, I quickly found out that I would have to buckle down a little more than I have been in the past. I knew then, from what Mrs. Garth had told us, that I was going to have many weaknesses while writing my papers, but I would also have many strengths from what I had learned in the past about writing.

I have never been an excellent student and perennially struggled with English, Math, and Science growing up. These subjects would cast a pall over my day and school work. Anxiety would well up inside of me which often resulted with me passed out across my desk sleeping through parts of class. When I would return home at day’s end, I rarely completed my homework. When I did try to complete homework, it often ended in tears of frustration or the hurling of a book across the room. Taking this class has helped to quell a portion of that anxiety and frustration. It was a grueling class, seemingly impossible at times, but taking this class has given me the confidence to know that not only can I finish the class if I work hard but can also excel! Writing is something that I will exercise throughout my college curriculum and my life. It will help to convey my ideas to the instructor, peers, bosses, and co-workers. In my college curriculum, it will also show my instructors that I’m learning the information provided and how to apply that knowledge appropriately. It will allow me to complete assignments, discussions, and reports, and I will also apply writing in basic communication when necessary.

Furthermore, my initial knowledge of the writing process and stages of writing was pretty straight forward; hook, introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion. I also have always written a first draft and went through several stages of editing until the final draft was complete throughout my junior high writing experience. During the writing process, I always struggled with grammar and awkward phrasing, and even after several rounds of peer, parent, and individual editing I would always lose significant amount of points for conventional errors and awkward phrasing. Thus, my feelings towards writing were commonly negative and hateful both inside and outside the classroom. Therefore, in my mind writing was always considered an endless chore, one that was never practiced recreationally or creatively. Even though, I generally detested writing, I still found a slight sense of pleasure and fulfillment when I turned in a piece of writing that I had worked very

What can I say, I am shocked that I have made it this far. With so much going on at work, home and college. I fell behind the first two weeks, because I was questioning why am, doing English I hate it so much. I thought to myself let me push the English class until the end. There is no way I will catch up with the course work. Talk to my wife, and she is a writing genius. She said babe you can do this, how are you so good at math, and hate English. So I buckled down, cannot let the wife see me sweat. Funning thing is once I start reading all the weekly assignments and instruction there, everything started to make sense. I found all my weakness in my writing one of my main issue being Slang/Jargon. One item I can put in my tool box is the writing

As a writer you make mistakes with your work, but you can also fix things, so the next time you won 't make those mistakes again. In the area of writing I feel like I can use some more improvement with my punctuation and where I place them. When an assignment does come up and after I write it each time I learn something new. Not only writing in this class can be easy at times it can also be challenging, which I love about these assignments. I enjoy writing because at times I do get challenged, but I enjoy that challenge that Mr.Perry gives me, because it helps me improve as a writer.Overall as a writer in the beginning I felt like I was not a great but now as the semester is starting to end I feel more confidant and I feel I can write

When it came to reading and writing, it was my least favorite out of all the subjects I was taking. Reason being is because I felt I read to fast and could not grasp what I was reading. Then when I needed to write my paper I could not remember what I needed to write causing me to have to go back and re-read. It was time-consuming and frustrating, but this semester along with my AAA class in my first semester, taught me some good note taking skills as well as how to write my papers more efficiently. This semester is coming to an end here in about two weeks and I feel that I take more time to read and understand along with making sure to edit, edit, and edit some more with my college level papers. It is important for me to succeed now in school more than I have felt before and I think it is because I have been given more tools and resources to succeed. Over the course of this semester I have definitely gained some new knowledge on reading and writing that have made me stronger in these areas. One area I know I strengthened in was editing my

While in Soquel high school I had to spend extra time in my English classes, I needed emphasize in my writing and overall skills, so I could be able to get better grades on my essays. My teachers helped me plenty of times although I dislike writing but I knew I had to do it for my own good.

Entering English Composition I, was stressful knowing I have attempted twice failing. It was still like driving a car wearing a blindfold. Knowing I struggle with spelling and grammar, I am determined to accomplish this class due to my personal and professional growth depending on it. I started this English class because I needed the credit to have my two-year degree, not to become a journalist. I have never enjoyed English, I am not one to put my feelings on paper and do not enjoy the hours of dreading writing a long paper with a due date. I feel I am a detailed person that cannot make it sound correct on paper. Lacking confidence plays a major role in the writing process. Although my papers started a bit scattered,

When I first started the class I was struggling a lot. Since English is my second language, I had many stressful moments that made me think about dropping my classes. But when I thought about my future, I just kept studying even harder, waiting for my performance to improve. As a result, I felt like every time I wrote an essay, it got easier, which tells me that I’m on the right path. In addition, this class has helped me improve my grammar, taught me an important life lesson about sticking on my goal and helped me to enhance my computer skills

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

When I first started college I did not know what to expect with an English class. I liked writing about topics that interested me, but high school did not allow me to do that. I took American History and we would have to write

English class seemed to be the most dreadful to take within school. Writing essays for most of my grade in a class is not what I was looking forward too. When I entered college I knew that it would be one of many challenging classes I would have to take. Starting from the lowest English class to moving on up, the writing assignments became longer and more thought out. The time came when I got into this class that I knew more work was going to have to be put into essays and thus brought out what I had not seen before in my work progress.