Reflection: Salt Lake Community College

Fall of 2015 was my first semester attending Los Angeles Valley College. My first time being introduced to an actual education unlike high school which was a complete depletion of effort because they deliberately advanced me despite my weaknesses and horrible grade point average at the end of high school. Not only was my mind vulnerable due to having that habit from high school which was turning in homework’s months late, never having to study because I’d be pass either way and homework’s, tests, weren’t even correct thoroughly. Besides not being prepared due to not being exemplified how to prepare, I stumbled across another issue where my trust was given and once again failed to thoroughly exhibit what was being presented. In this same

Throughout the first eight week’s courses, Amy demonstrated a high level of competencies in understanding and applying theory into practice. She was also able to utilize the supports provided to her through the college to vastly improve her professional writing skills, limiting her grammatical errors and increasing her well-deserved passing grades.

After a hectic first semester at the community college, I began to find myself. I realized that the four-year university I wanted to attend initially, would have not been a good fit for me. Being part of different student organizations and creating connections with my professors at the community college is what helped me find what I was really looking for. I wanted a place where I felt like I mattered and not a school with fifty thousand students where I would just feel like a number. The additional semester I got to stay home, I was able to do more research and find a university where I would fit in and connect with.

Thankfully, I have had a successful semester this Fall. Although my first semester in college started off shaky and caused me to have my fair share of doubts about City College, I am proud to say I finished this semester strongly with a 3.8 GPA. City College has started to grow on me and I have luckily got used to my hour and a half train ride to school from Brooklyn. One of the things that have made me start enjoying college more was the Intervarsity chapter at City College. It would be an understatement for me to say that this club has had a great impact in my life for the few months I have been a member. I have also joined the SSSP Fusion club which is a small club that focuses on community engagement. Although I joined the club late in

While taking this course, I realized that I enjoy researching for what I am writing about, but I have a difficult time putting my responses into words. I also learned I over-summarize everything the articles that I am reading and responding to, but I tried to combat this by explaining more in-depth. However, by doing the assignments in smaller parts, compared to only doing a draft and then a final paper, I found it easier to elaborate on the topics in my writing. I also learned the importance of revising papers, especially peer revisions because other people are able to catch mistakes you might miss or help you better explain an idea if they don’t understand, something I definitely need and utilized throughout this course.

This semester at CEC, I am taking four classes. I am taking Public Speaking, College Algebra (obviously ), Career Readiness, and Astronomy 101. Public Speaking, College Algebra, and Career Readiness are all held on campus at CEC. Astronomy 101 is held at Front Range Community College. I choose to take these classes because I have to take them to graduate, but Astronomy I chose because it seemed very interesting and like a fun class. I am most excited for Astronomy because of the outdoor labs at the observatory. My most challenging class this semester will probably be College Algebra. It will be most difficult for me because of the fast paced learning. I also have a part time job at Milnor Orthodontics as a sterilization technician. Another

As a student at Illinois Valley Community College I have been involved in many organizations and groups. During my first year at IVCC I was invited to join Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as well as was named to the IVCC Presidential Honors list. Recently I was recognized at IVCC’s annual student academic honors banquet where I was recognized for having honor roll for two consecutive semesters while being enrolled fulltime. I was selected for several scholarships during my two years at this community college which has helped support my education as well take a burden off my family’s finances. Leadership positions that I have fulfilled is a student ambassador at Illinois Valley Community College. Every week I volunteer my time by working the front desk for an hour on Tuesdays.

technical writing skills that will contribute in my pursuits of college level classes. I will

At the beginning of the class this year, I didn’t expect o to well right off the bat of the college level writing course because I had always struggled with English in middle school through high school. To my surprise though, I have learned many things this semester and have already used some of these skills in other papers in other classes I had. Thanks to the help of Sue Oakes, I can now say proudly that I can actually write a decent paper and feel rather confident about it.

Technical writing plays a vital role in our daily lives and aids in our profession, classroom, and other forms of writing. Topics we learned during class were how to differentiate a broad description from a specific one. For example, the class read the book “The Zombie Survival Guide” by author Max Brooks, which taught us what to do and what not to do when it came to technical writing. The class also learned how to outline a survival guide in case of a zombie apocalypse on the university’s campus and how to create manuals, proposals, or reports for local businesses. By using technical writing we learned how to make complex documents easier to understand for outside readers. Each assignment we completed in class began as a rough draft until we deemed it worthy to be turned in. When it came to my writing I had multiple rough drafts until I figured out what I really wanted to write, which normally began with me finishing one rough draft and starting over again with a

In this Technical Writing course, I have learned more about communication than I expected. Since I have been out of school for about seven years, I had no idea what to expect. When I thought of technical writing, I thought of grammar and punctuation but I figured there had to be more to it than that. The most important lesson I learned is that it is vital to know how to communicate in the workplace in order to get your point across to the intended audience.

These past five weeks have opened my eyes and changed my way of thinking. In this memo I will share with you my reflection of the course through three points; the course, the assignments, and my career. When I first registered for this course, I did not know what to expect. I thought that technical writing was just another English class that would require me to write long essays.

Going into college I thought I had everything figured out and knew exactly what I wanted to do with my major and how I was going to succeed with it. Now, I find myself going into week 3 of college with the thought of changing my whole plan of attack. I knew I wanted to change my major but wasn’t quite sure how to do so or even what to change it too. After attending The Business Kick-off event, all my questions were fully answered. By attending this event, I was able to fully understand the College of Business, discover the different areas it has to offer and how to successfully use everything that is offered to you.

As my first semester of college was coming to an end, I felt very disappointed in myself to allow my stubbornness get the best of me. I could not believe that I had failed my first semester. To make up for my first semester, I told myself that I would make sure that I seek help from free tutoring services on campus, my professors, and my TA’s. I kept my promise on seeking out help and that led me to drop my Biology L-112 class. I met with a biology counselor and they explained to me that the class would be easier if I took Biology L-111 and had a strong math foundation first. That was helpful because I knew that I wanted this semester to not only be different, but better. However, I was not doing well in finite

I honestly thought this semester would never end and I would be doing these journals for the rest of my life is what it felt like. All jokes aside though the ending of this semester is really a surprise for myself I wasn't prepared and had to do a quick turn around for my grades almost reminded myself of high school . Doing all my work at the last minute and just giving it to my teachers with some sorry excuse that was very convincing considering I was anti social in High school. This semester has completely worked in my favor as much as I don't want to admit and complain how hard it was when which in fact it was very difficult but it could have been a lot worse just by looking at the people around that are going through far more dramatics scenarios. In a way I’m overwhelming ready for the semester to end but a small part of me wish it would in a way never end as wild as that sounds because I know it just gets more difficult from here. This is my first real semester of college courses and balancing my sport otherwise known as my 9-5 at the same time and I can't compare it to anything else I've ever been through.