Personal Narrative: My Composition 2 Class

I have truly enjoyed writing for most of my life and after this class I will continue to enjoy writing hopefully with more skill. I have always viewed myself as a fairly strong writer and this class has reaffirmed that for me, but it has also shown weaknesses in my writing. As an introduction level class this has been one of my favorites; at some point I will take a higher level, even though it is not required for my major. Even though this class is almost over I am continuing to learn. I also love that this class will help me with literally ever other class in my college career. I am not a particularly strong reader, but as my writing skills improve so do the reading skills. While in this class I have learned a lot about everything from what I can improve, to subjects that interest me, and constructing a successful paper.

Over the course of this semester I learned a lot about myself as a writer. This English 101 class has really allowed me to expand my essay structure and ways of thinking. This was my first college writing course and it has given me much more freedom when writing because in high school I felt limited and like what we were writing was not very important. In high school I would write essays to just to fulfill the required word or page count and to a degree I still feel like this but maybe that is why I am an engineering major but in this course I actually was able to express my ideas and for the first time really test the limits of my writing capabilities. I really enjoyed being able to incorporate my voice more in my essays and I believe

This semester was my very first semester as a college student. Being the first, it was probably the semester I would learn the most in. I learned the expectations for writing that I will have to live up to for the next four years of my college career. Though my high school teachers were usually demanding because I was in the Honors English section throughout high school, writing in college has still ?raised the bar? for me. Also, in high school, we would have weeks to pick a topic, create a thesis, outline the paper, write the paper, and then revise the paper. In college, the time restraints are not quite as lenient. I?ve had to learn to manage my time and be more productive with what free moments I

In this class, I have learned many new skills to improve my writing, and I have also learned new grammar rules. In regards to my writing, I have learned the importance of freewriting when beginning to write a paper. Additionally, I now know to allow ample time for revising and editing because I can look at my work critically for mistakes and make necessary changes. Furthermore, I have learned about grammar rules such as pronoun-antecedent agreement. This rule is something that I know subconsciously, but being made aware of it has allowed me to find mistakes I make more often.

What well in your classes? What did you need to do differently? What is your plan for success this semester? In this class, what will you need to do to be successful?

I believe I have grown a lot since the beginning of this course. My writing was severely lacking grammar and punctuation. I didn’t use any punctuation other than periods and very few commas spersed throughout my papers. My papers still need help in that area, but I have improved. I now know where they need to go and when it’s appropriate to use them. My papers aren’t exactly flawless but they are better than before. I would write how I speak at times and I knew it wasn’t right, but I would still do it because it allowed my papers to flow better in my mind. I read my papers out loud to help avoid my problem with writing how I speak. I’ve learned my writing style in this course, or lack thereof. I found a program that would benefit me now and

Throughout the semester I learned and overcame many different things. Writing has never been a strength of mine, but as the semester went on I started to enjoy writing the papers assigned to us. I overcame my problem with procrastination and not giving myself enough time to plan out my papers. I also learned what content is important when it comes to certain types of papers and how important peer reviews really are.

When I read a book, I step into a world careening with creative stories, elaborate settings, and earnest characters that worm their way through our hearts of thousands. Other times, I open a book to find myself in someone else’s words, or challenge my limits. There's no denying the power and beauty of literature, but understanding, analyzing, and creating so much power is no easy task. It’s why I'm so eager to join this class. I want to learn further with the best class possible, Advanced Sophomore English. I well understand the difficulty and effort that goes into the challenges of an advanced curriculum/placement, especially the motivation and risks you need as well. Throughout my life, I’ve had firsthand experience/learned many essential skills. In 6th grade, I lead a team of friends to win 1st place in Device Performance in the 2013 Tech Challenge hosted in San Jose Tech Museum where over 600 teams pitted against each other from across the Bay Area. That following year, I was the only selected student to attend Tech Trek, a camp hosted in many universities like Stanford and Sonoma State university dedicated to promoting the math and science field to young students. In 8th grade, I was awarded an English Department Award by my English teacher for my outstanding performance in leadership, writing, reading, discussion, presenting, and more. And most recently, I was not only accepted into our

It has been a while since we last spoke in Boston. I hope all is well in America. I have just about had enough of China and am excited on coming home in a few weeks.

In a few short weeks I will be coming up to my third official year as a clinically practicing bedside registered nurse. I am feeling a mixture of emotions: Pride, restlessness, uncertainty, elation, determination, humble, and many other feelings I cannot yet describe since there is no name for them. Nursing is all I ever wanted to do. I can’t quite remember how I caught the bug but I do remember making the decision to pursue this career and never looking back.

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

I learned many new things during this semester. Before this semester I did not even know that Google Drive existed. I’ve learned how to use it and love it, now I use it for everything. I had always thought of myself as being an organized freak even a little bit on the OCD side, but after learning about Cornell Notes now I can be more organized. I can summarize and write notes as I read a book or an article. It made by assignments much more easier.

Specifically I learned a bit more about commas and strategies to develop my writing and have it look and sound more professional. Writing I could say comes naturally to me, not in the sense that I come up with topics fast or that my work is amazing but when I start writing , it is hard for me to stop. As I am in the middle of writing, ideas just constantly flow through my mind which makes me not want to stop. If I had to choose what my favorite essay was from this semester it would have to be essay five. This has to be the best essay I written because I wrote it quickly and I felt confident about it after I wrote it. My worst essay would probably be essay number two because it was unstructured and didn't have many strong points or a strong topic sentence.I believe I am ready to take the next step on to the higher English class and take all the skills I've learned. Everything this semester has taught me will move on with me to my next english class and even further on in my

My senior year went by in the blink of an eye! In the past nine months I have learned a lot, but the most knowledge I have gained has come from my English 7-8 class. The first semester was more of a review of the past two years for me personally, but this does not mean I did not learn new things. During the second semester of my senior year I learned a lot about formatting, grammar, and focusing in the midst of chaos.

I liked my composition one class very much. I did not know what to expect walking in the first day of class. Honestly, I was very worried that I was not going to have a clue on what I was going to be learning in there luckily this was partially true. I will explain why I say this by talking about my strength, weaknesses, and improvement in this class.