Reflection Essay Reflection

Not only had I put a lot of work into composing the paper, but also the majority of the class had received much higher grades. Until this point I had always felt very capable of reaching my academic goals however when I received my grade I felt very incompetent and was unsure of my abilities as a writer. Although it was a negative experience it showed me the skills I could and still can improve upon such as editing.

It took me a couple of days to decide what book to choose. When I finally chose and was ready to start my paper, I wasn't really sure what I was supposed to do. I think that I have a good idea of what to do, however, I wasn't positive. I wrote my paper even though I wasn't sure that I was doing it right. By the time I had even thought to contact my professor it was the night it was due. I had already wrote and proofread the assignment, however, I didn't feel that I was doing it right. Panic began to rise in my chest as j realized that I had to pass this assignment if I wanted a chance of passing the class. I had to turn it in now because the time was just after eleven forty. I clicked submit not even aware that I didn't feel the need to make sure it was the right assignment. I was really nervous to get the results back. I had to pass. When I got the email that it was graded I hesitated. When I worked up the courage to read the feedback. I felt a grin make its way onto my face. I had passed this assignment with flying

I would like to think that I had some significant growth as a writer in my first semester as a college student. My rhetorical analysis essay, persuasive essay, and reflective analysis essay were all very different from each other in how I approached them and felt about them, but each one helped me grow as a writer in different ways. The rhetorical analysis was my first college essay so I felt some extreme self-imposed pressure to do well on it. I really enjoy writing persuasive essays because it causes you to form your own opinions and support them with evidence. My least favorite essay would most likely have to be the reflective analysis essay. I absolutely despise sharing my thoughts and emotions with people, let alone writing them. Beginning the essay was extremely difficult for me. However, I did found it to be the easiest essay to write once I had all my ideas gathered together. The point is, these three essays all had their pros and cons to them, but nonetheless, they each helped me grow as a writer in their own way, which helped me reach many of the stated outcomes for this class. This paper examines some of my work in these essays and describes how I was able to reach some of the course objectives.

For example, our argumentative essay I had a lot of trouble with it. However, I did make a passing score but not proud of it. I should have done way better than that. If I would’ve attended the English corner I could have had a way better grade. Because I didn’t go I had to suffer a low C. Which right now is causing me an overall low grade. When going to the English corner helps me and gives me extra points. Even though it’s just one point it still helps. So, now I must pick up my grade with this essay which I hope will be good!

I knew that if I wanted to please my parents, and myself, I would have to continue to get good grades. To do that for this class, I knew I would have to work twice as hard on my writing. For the next paper, I made multiple pre-writes, many drafts and sent it to multiple friends for peer review. After coming to a final draft, I showed it to my mother for her teacher approval. She gave me the thumbs up, and I submitted to my teacher. This time I was not so patient. I nervously hoped for an A on this paper to counterbalance my last disappointing grade. I received my paper back to find that I had

I have learned many things throughout the course of the term like how to write an essay and how to improve on essays that I have already written, how to locate and composite better research through the use of numerous resources found at the campus library, the internet, how to cite research, examples, and quotations properly within the contents of my research paper as well as document it accurately according to MLA standards. In this class I have learned to write and format an essay the correct way such as a rhetorical essay and visual analysis and lastly compositors essay. Through the exploration of the “Subjects and Strategies” textbook, I have learned nine different methods used when writing an effective essay and how the different writing styles affect the overall theme and tone of the essay when used properly.

To begin, the first of many important skills this class has gifted me is an improved ability of managing time. As the course has progressed, I have procrastinated my work less and managed my time more effectively, which has aided my success. My first two essays bring light to this. These two papers were my worst grades, unequivocally at that. I can recall that, when writing those compositions, I began from scratch the night before each was due. From sunset to sunrise I labored over the essays while holding a deep regret for my decisions to procrastinate. I learned that it is important to have long periods of time to think in order to write a successful paper; they cannot be rushed. Realizing this importance of time management in writing, especially when writing college-level papers, I began to spread out my work over longer periods of time. In fact, once I had reduced the severity of my procrastination, my grades significantly increased. Although I can contribute this to many different skills I gained due to the class, I contribute it mostly to improved time management. The effect of this new work ethic has also reached other classes as I am no longer beginning my studies last-minute. My work, as well as my grades, has increased in quality, largely in part due to my improved time management skills that this class taught me.

One of the high points of the class was consistently making high A’s. We wrote a variety of different types of papers, and my grade was always respectable. Succeeding in this class made me feel adequately prepared to write proper papers. Although I made impressive grades for the class, I was able to do so with only minimal effort. Therefore, I knew I could execute my papers better. The quality of my writing seemed to stay stagnant over the course of the year. This class would have been exponentially more beneficial had it challenged me to improve my writing, however it never did.

At a young age I was taught that weakness was not something to be seen. Mistakes were not to be addressed, simply ignored and moved on from. As I grew up the idea of hold my emotions inside began to do more harm than good. Through years of growing up and developing, I fell into a hole that happens to run in my family: mental illness. My classmates made jokes, and society had made it seem like it was wrong to struggle, so I refused to say anything to anyone. This was the beginning of a downward spiral.

As the first semester of my first year as an undergraduate student has progressed, I have realized how quickly time is passing by. I can easily recall back to the beginning of the semester when it was Frosh week and how nervous and excited I felt as I was about to commence the new chapter in my life that is post-secondary. As the mid-semester quickly sneaks upon us with another five weeks left, I have found myself to be stumbling from morning to morning and from deadline to deadline. I am mentally and physically exhausted as well as overwhelmed with the amount of work I am required to complete; I am burnt out.

When I first began taking this English course, I believed there was little left for me to learn in terms of writing. However, after examining an author’s purpose while writing my rhetorical analysis, grouping together evidence in support of my argument during the persuasive unit, and analyzing myself and my beliefs while reflecting on myself in my reflective analysis, I discovered that my writing evolves as I mature and develop new beliefs. Throughout the duration of this class, I uncovered new truths about myself through my writing and I have explored the realm of literature, and its relation to myself.

To begin any task, one must have a minimum amount of effort within them. Even if the task is something they do not want to do the anger of having to do it fuels the effort. And that is how I myself begin an essay, full of anger. The base of an essay begins with writing the assignment in my planner and trying to figure out how to spread my process around. Here is the mind process of an assignment for myself “okay if its due next Monday and today is Wednesday that is 4 days away, I start the outline today begin writing…Friday and then there’s 2 days left I will figure it out from there.” 4 days is a good example for my process because in my unorganized mind I like to think writing a (short) paper takes 3 days. The first I outline, the second I write and the third I revise.

Writing overall has never been my strong suit during my years of education, but this year I feel like I grew as a writer and improved. English has never been one of my easier classes, but I still put in the same amount of work that I do for my other classes. I know that compared to most students, I have a really strong work ethic. With essays, I never waited until the last moment to write the whole thing. For every essay, I planned my time wisely and split up for myself parts of the essay and when I should have them done by. Additionally, this year I tried much more to revise my essay and reread over it to improve it. Overall, my effort for writing essays was very good, but some of my essays could have been focused more and not drift away from the prompt.

I have always been a person interested with anatomy. Although, when I was younger, I was more concerned about animals (polar bears specifically) to ever take the time to learn more about ourselves. School science classes were the first time that I was actually exposed to human anatomy. From the very beginning I was fascinated. There was one organ in particular that I never wanted to stop learning about; the brain. Whenever teachers in class would stop talking about it I would immediately become slightly less interested in what they were teaching.

My main goal for this class was to figure out how to make university cheaper and, writing my personal statement. This class offered me more than just two things I was looking for, instead I was informed about workshops and introduced to new ways of researching. I am happy I took this class, it made the process of transferring easier.