Reflection Paper

When I first decided to expand my education, it had been so long since I had been to school, and I was very hesitant. I talked at length about my decision with my husband and with his encouragement, decided to enroll but still was not quite sure which degree program to enroll in. I knew that this was something that I had always wanted to do since I obtained my Associates Degree in Nursing, but I did not have the courage, nor did I want to give up the time with my family and children. I second guessed my abilities and my knowledge because it had been so long since I had been in college. Now that my children are about to graduate high school and

Throughout the course of this semester, I have continuously grown as a writer. Prior to taking this course, I had little experience or knowledge when it came to writing. I used to struggle with forming my thoughts into writing, let alone a paper. I was never confident with what I wrote. My writing had no greater purpose other than the assignment. My writing process included: writing my paper, proofreading it, and turning it in. Once the paper left my hands, it also left my mind. Throughout this course we worked with others, visited the writing lab, wrote critiques, and we were able to revise our papers. I believe that all of this is has caused me to grow greatly as a writer.

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Coming into the class I was interested in learning more about how the class was going to be structured. Even while reading the book and doing the assignments I did not think much of what we were going to do. Once the schedule was passed out I was excited, but a little nervous. Meditation was a bigger part of my life during my teenage years, and yoga was something that was enjoyable, but not something I actively participated in because I have never heard of a yoga studio that worked with individuals with different abilities. Mindfulness was a word that I had heard, but only associated it with a previous Professor that I took during my associates. Unfortunately, there were many negative experiences that turned

I had a few expectations for the class when I learned that the focus would be towards the study of the psychology of Black women. I wanted to have a full understanding, not about other women and the cultural influence of their behaviors, but to see the complexities of my own mind and dissect it. I did not expect this class to show any signs of similarity of other courses because of the chosen topic. When I first enter into the class and observed how the foundation was laid, I was thoroughly surprised because I initially wanted to take the class as an online course. As I listened to the thoughts of my colleagues that inspired me to share my own, I quickly got my class change to a lecture course. If this was how the class was going to go and everyone contributing an intellectual thought, then this was the class for me. I did expect that there was going to be a lot of reading material only because there is no way a conversation can

It’s always a great and rewarding thing, knowing that the class you are attending, is a big step forward in your learning, to improve and build on the skills already

My feeling was anxiety, because I tend to be more shy in a group of strangers than with people that I am close to like family, and people that I work around. When it comes to being in a group, I tend to not talk. My thoughts about the classes changed over the course of the semester because at the end the group sessions turned out to be fun and entertaining. My feelings changed because the class was fun. They also change because Glen made it fun to do and also because we did not just have to sit at a table and write notes all the time.

The first couple days of class were not as bad as I thought they would be. I was pretty lonely at first because I had no friends, but a couple of days later I started becoming more social and made a couple friends. My classes are exactly what I expected, I knew they would be harder than high school but still do-able. One thing that was new to me was that my teachers didn’t know me because they are all big lecture classes. The reason why I like my writing class because it’s a small class and my professor is nice, outgoing and makes the class fun. The work isn’t too overwhelming yet, but blackboard is very confusing sometimes and I missed some assignments.

I remember feeling apprehensive about all of my classes, honestly. I felt that I would have difficulty getting an A when I first began as they all were so fast paced and had such difficult content. It also felt as though everyone else in my classes was having quite a bit of ease with their courses, not really having to worry or study as much as I did. However, I felt myself gradually getting more and more used to all of the courses’ content and the way that they were taught. It took some adjusting to, but the change happened about the middle of my first month.

This class has offered me so much more than I could have ever fathomed. I have a minor issue with

My next class was my Freshman Forum and all we did was introduce ourselves, and walked around getting to know our classmates. The main purpose of the class is to help adapt to college and being efficient with spare time. My next class I was dreading as I was walking in. It was English 101 which was my weakest subject so I had no idea how I would perform in this class. The professor came in and introduced herself and proceeded to call roll and then go over the syllabus. She explained how her class works and how she understands some people may struggle with the subject so we shouldn't be afraid to ask questions, which comforted

The class didn’t seem too different from the way I accustomed to things operating in a class setting. Everyone seemed friendly enough. No complaints there. I hadn’t thought the thing

Knowing nothing about the class and only taking it based off of the advice of a few friends and counselors, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I knew nothing about psychology - except for hypnosis - and wanted to learn something different and that can be applied to the real world. The more we discussed

Over the course of the semester, there has been numerous amount of areas where I believe I have improved in comparison to high school. What has helped me in my writing is the writing class and the in-class writing workshop. The writing class that is located in the Kremen education building has helped me with my writing greatly because in the writing center the person in charge teach us lenses and we apply those lenses to the writing, draft, or reading that someone brings in. The in-class writing workshop has helped me because other students get to read my writing. This is helpful because I get feedback from many students and they let me know what needs to be fixed. A new tool I have been using is They Say I Say. The book is very helpful because of the information and examples it provides such as the templates. I have been applying the templates into my essays and I have seen a significant difference.

Coming into this class, I wasn’t sure what to think or feel. I thought that I was a good listener with my friends, so this class should be easy. I thought that if my friends and family say I am a good listener, this should be easy and I won’t learn much. I expected this class to be a breeze. I’ll admit it, I felt cocky coming into this class.