Personal Narrative: What I Learned In My Writing Class

I learned a lot from this experience. I was familiar with all the kinds of writing, but I wasn't familiar with how to go about writing them. Through the assignments and tests I had to take, I know that it is important to know how to do different kinds of writing. As for grammar, I've become a lot careful with how I write. I've been checking every paragraph as write and this is something I'll continue to do. I've enjoyed writing since the eighth grade, but I've never felt like I've been improving. I've realized that I am much better than I thought I was. I'm glad I had this opportunity. I know it'll really help me in the long run.

From the beginning of the year, to now the end of first semester, I have learned and experienced a lot in the art of writing. If I could rate myself the level of skill I have accomplished this semester, I would give myself a 7 out of 10. I think I am at a 7 rating because of the type of writing I did this year, and how thoroughly I wrote my papers. I did have really detailed papers this year, and I loved some of the pieces I came up with, but I know I can always do better. I could always add more detail to my writings and come up with an amazing paper. From last year with my writings, I didn’t add so much detail or precision like I did this year with my pieces. I even now write out of school to expand more in my knowledge.

I can still remember my heart pounding out of my chest. It was my first time in Writing 1, and my nerves were mostly the result of a friend’s advice. Winter quarter, my friend told me about her struggles in her writing class and she advised me not to take Professor Bernstein for Writing because as she said “he is really tough and a very hard grader.” However, I had no other option but to take writing with Professor Bernstein because all the other writing 1 classes conflicted with my schedule. Nevertheless, nine weeks have past since I first stepped foot in Writing 1, and I can certainly say that I have learned more than I ever expected. Yes, it is true, this class has been a challenge like no other, especially for me, being that English is

Thank you for your helping with my case. I am so glad that I don’t need to add another reading and writing class in this semester.

Module four was all about drafting my paper and writing down all the information I gathered form the sources I searched. The documents in the module were very beneficial, I learned how to write more efficient paragraphs, and to write in an academic style. And so in my paper I tried to avoid absolutes, be clear and brief in writing down my ideas and thoughts. Also, I learned how to write in a more logic manner. Some documents taught me how to be more integrated in my writings, how to avoid plagiarism, by applying quotes, or paraphrasing, and making sure to cite the source at the end. I believe I did well in writing my paper.

At the beginning of College Prep Writing, I wasn’t sure how much I was going to learn. I had learned so much from past English classes and thought I was already a pretty good writer. I was surprised to learn of all the new information I was going to be taught. There were things that I wouldn’t have

I came into this semester with an idea. An idea of reading and writing more to expand a world of my own. Something I've learned during my time in my English and Creative Writing classes is that reading can open up a much larger gateway to the imagination than anything else can. This is the most I have ever read in this short of a time span; over seven books in roughly five months. That has not counted in all the short stories and the Dungeons and Dragons modules I have read. With all the reading I have done, I have opened my own imagination even more to help with my own writing. R.A. Salvatore’s Legend of Drizzt has helped me the most throughout this semester. I have read five of his thirty-two book series and am starting on the sixth. Salvatore

It was a early morning maybe around 3. We had a rugby tournament. I couldn't sleep i was so nervous and scared thinking about everything bad that could happen but I managed to get some sleep. After we ate we headed out to the fields, they weren't so green just patches here and there but it was mostly dirt and dead grass which made me think of how much it would hurt to fall and scrape yourself. The guys in charge told us we had 30 minutes until we started our first game i was so nervous i felt sick. I was the only freshman on the U18 team so that was a lot of pressure on me.

The number of college students has been trending upwards in the past decade. However, despite the increase in access to college education, different researchers show that the American college students may not be learning as expected (Stoesz, 2013). Learning experience varies among college students. It is not surprising that people with same academic credentials – the same list of course with same grades- have a different learning experience. This essay will explore my experience in college, mainly, what I learned in college.

I am a student who has taken classes at many of the Peralta colleges; Berkeley City College, Merritt and Laney. My highest aspiration is to major in Economics and Business and I am currently looking to transfer to a 4 year university. Someday, I would like to have my own business.

Upon entering this class I was completely at my wits end, I quickly learned that anything I learned in high school English classes could be thrown out the window. From citing your work to writing about the same subject in many ways college courses are different on many levels. They always tell you as a teenager that they have your best interests in mind and that they are preparing you for college or what lies ahead, but, in all honesty? I don't believe anyone really knows what lies ahead or what they should prepare you for. The last couple of weeks I have learned that it is okay to not know what you’re doing in school, work, or life in general sometimes, but never be afraid of the positive and negative feedback. Everything is always said to benefit who you are as a person and to help you continue to grow.

As we come to the end of this semester, I am excited to start something new. Expository writing has taught me to think out side the box on topics. It allowed me to free write which I think every student should be able to. I'm glad we did thes blogs, there was a lot of room to have freedom on our writing.

At last I’m a Senior: In twenty years, I will have forgotten most of the things that I have learned in school and from others. The things that made me who I am, is from mostly music because the feelings I can sense from the songs I have listened. My family is what I value the most in my life and wouldn't give them away for anything. I want my friends to remember me as a funny reliable guy that can be trusted. To see someone at the twenty year high school reunion would be everyone, I would like to see everyone there.

I have always been good at math, science, and history. On the other hand, I really struggle with grammar, spelling, and just getting myself to read different books. Since I was taking a college class online this first semester I decided to us it as my goal. I also have a hard time with taking hand written notes, and one of the first things that we talked about in Composition was how hand written notes can help in remembering the material better. My finalized goal was, I am going to take hand-written notes for my college class Developmental Psychology.

When I usually write essays I tend to re-read the prompt after I read it I try to make any connections to the topics that I know about. After all that I break it down and I start to type my first draft out. Now that the class is almost over I’m very confident in my writing and I know what I am capable of writing and what I’m not. My overall experience in this class and also in writing has completely changed at 1st I really didn’t like to write that much essay I just wrote them to get a passing grade in any classes.