Personal Reflection Essay Writing

While I appreciated that one of my peers provided feedback on my work, I feel that the feedback that was provided did not fulfill the assignment. My peer did not provide detailed feedback on my paper that could be adequately incorporated in my review and revisions. Most of the information that was provided as feedback were simply statements that reiterated what the prompt question was. Please see the below feedback provided to me by my peer.

| |the intellectual conversation of topics that were discussed. I also enjoyed the learning |

Writing is a place where you can get lost to create stories or grab attention for an audience. However, writing can be done pretty much anywhere and by anybody. For me, I can say writing has provided me many open doors. Helping me to get closure from my father, gained positive aspects, and in some areas, I struggled. But writing is an influence that you must have because it brings out the inner part of you to rise above. Like maybe you can't specifically say it to a particular person. Where as to me I've been in that situation but I've found it easier to write to them. Providing a sense of you going out of the way to provide time to write to them means a lot to a particular person or for me. Sometimes writing is a place where I can get lost or maybe find my weaknesses and strengths overall writing has influenced me to do good.

To be completely honest my writing is average, maybe below average. I never really took writing seriously and that could be justified by simply reading my essays. Growing up my writing was decent nothing spectacular, until I reached high school I realized my writing sucked. I’m an average writer, I have had many negative and positive experiences with my writing, more negative than positive if you’d ask me.

On June twelfth, I started a journey of enlightenment I didn’t realize I needed. I had signed up for this class purely to graduate college. I didn’t care about my writing ability, or lack thereof it. But, very quickly I realized something; I needed to better my writing ability. My whole educational career I had skated on by with the bare minimum amount of work; I very rarely took pride in my writing, nor did I feel it necessary to better myself. As this summer semester progressed though, there was a quickly developing realization that I was afraid, and also lacked general knowledge, of proper punctuation. You forced me to challenge myself and become a better writer, and while in the moment I hated you for that; I truly am thankful that I am leaving college with confidence in writing for the first time in my life.

I can remember waving goodbye to my parents in the Abner’s parking lot after I had completed the dreadful day of moving into my dorm. Since I am in the FastTrack Program, I was able to move in two days earlier before the real madness started. I can remember complaining to my mother about having to retake Writing 101 my first semester because I had already done that in high school and I thought it was pointless, but I was extremely wrong. Throughout this year writing has taught me more about life than just throwing some words on a piece of paper and hoping for a decent grade.

From the group discussion we had about each other political views there was many things that I learned and reflected on. To start off, I identify with the Democratic party, but since the previous presidential election I don't know if I still want to be associated with it. The current Democratic party is a party right now that I feel alienated right now because I believe they are not reflecting the current working man and are corrupted by Wall Street officials. Based on my previous answer, I classify myself a subset of the Democratic party: a Social Democratic. On social issues, I believe that the environment is the number one priority facing the nation because the environment affects everyone and with no end in sight, there needs to be increased regulations in order to protect it for future generations and the future of the country. Another social issues that is a concern for again everyone is who has guns. I pointed to the events in Las Vegas and Newtown and the unnecessary amount of killing resulting from the inadequate amount of mental health facilities, of gun ownership education, and of regulations on certain guns. On economic terms, I see that a bigger government will be better for the American public because it's natural that people especially the wealthy will only benefit themselves; it’s just human nature. Therefore, the idea of trickle down economics will not work for the average worker, but the everyday CEO. The most important political topics that is needed for

During the first week study, the lecture reminds me of the previous course in Enggen 303. Rob emphasize how important the communications are inside the team work through some samples and activities. I totally agree that but I would like to talk about my own opinion in here for some points.

Over the course of my life I have been a part of many groups and have been exposed to many values. Each group membership or value has shaped me into the person I am today. I consider myself a member of many groups including my biological family, my church family, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) alumni, and George Mason University’s (GMU) Master’s in Social Work (MSW) graduate student cohort. My biological family includes my immediate family members, as well as my extended family members. While I do not see my extended family often, I do identify them as close family members, as we share many of the same values and traditions. Similarly, to my biological family, I identify my church family as a group I am a part of. Before moving to Virginia to begin the MSW graduate program at GMU, I attended a church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina regularly. I quickly immersed myself in the activities and mission of the church, and it became one of the groups I most identified with over the course of my four-year undergraduate experience. Over the past few months, I have found another church in Virginia and I am confident it will soon become one of the groups I most strongly identify, as the church is a place where people with similar beliefs and values gather together for a common purpose. While I no longer have strong feelings of group membership with my church family in Chapel Hill, I now strongly identify with the UNC-CH alumni instead. Despite being over

Congratulations, you have finally made it to your first day of English in college. It only took you half an hour searching multiple buildings and poking your head into random classrooms filled with frustration, due to the complexity of UCF’s landscape. In the classroom there are other incoming college students frantically searching around them, waiting to examine the behavior of the professor. Just stop freaking out, I have no idea why I was a nervous wreck like you are right now, but this is a first-year writing program. For those that did not pass the advanced placement exams for English, did not attempt any exams at all, did not enjoy English, or absolutely despised the course, be prepared for plenty of more essays that will enhance your writing. Recently from all of my writing and reading experiences in ENC1101, I am capable of explaining the crucial takeaways of this class that will benefit any student putting in the effort for academic success. The knowledge presented to you will build an understanding for how writing works, and to discover who you are as a writer through experiences in this course.

I still have issues with placing my hands in the right position and remember exact signs, I feel like I’ve overcome a lot in it and have improved over the semester. So, while I’m not necessary satisfied with where I’m at, I’m satisfied with my development as a beginner.

“I liked the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ for a lot of reasons,” was how I started my first writing assignment of this course, and now it is how I am starting for last writing assignment; but for different reasons. In the beginning of this class, my knowledge and understanding of writing was very limited. Fortunately, I did not submit my assignment with such an uninteresting and bland hook, but this shows the tremendous growth I was able to experience as a writer as a result of this course. Throughout the course I have been able to learn and understand the components of a strong written piece, and have hence learned to create intriguing hooks, a strong body that contains vivid descriptions, imagery, and literary devices (similes, onomatopoeia, and metaphors, etc.) and a satisfying conclusion.

At the start of the school year, I was not 100% confident that my partners and I could get the product done in time. Each one of us was determined to do great work, but the tasks seemed very advanced. Furthermore, we are a silly group of guys who enjoy one another's company maybe a little too much. I was scared that we were going to get frustrated with the complex research, coding, wiring, design, and building required to make our smart mirror and color sensor work as a cohesive unit. But, as we started working to tackle the technology behind our product, I realized that we could actually do it. Every member became dedicated to the work asked of them and even through the constant banter and joking, we trusted one another to get things done when they needed to be done. We each worked on the idea that we could not let our teammates down and that forced us to put in a significant amount of effort. Not a single class was dull this year because of the friendship I have with my teammates and I truly enjoyed their company. I do not believe our product would be as successful had it not been for the positive environment we created. And, in the end, after months of hard work and a strong finish in the last two months, we completed the MatchMaker. The MatchMaker is by far the best creation I have made in this class and probably in my whole life. It required me to go out of my comfort zone and direct myself to designate specific time frames to get little pieces of the larger

I believe that I can improve my writing skills when I finish this semester. I also hope I can use those writing experiences in my future writing. English writing is different from Chinese writing in many ways, so it is a big challenge for me. English is not my first language; therefore, I always have many grammar mistakes and vocabulary problems. It is true that without reading many books and getting to know different styles and writing skill, we never can be a better writer. I can improve my writing and by reading more books to overcome those problems and improve my essay. However, there are still some problems; I always cannot write a clear thesis statements. Works cited and in class writing also are also serious problems for me, because I correct it many times. The research paper it spend me a lot of time.

The comments say that I display a growth mindset and also generate good ideas, but that normally I do not put them in the table and also, I do not take initiative when it is necessary.