The Consequences Of Failure In College Writing

Words are an essential part of everyone's life, from the time a baby is born words are encouraged to stimulate their growth because simply being able to say "milk" or "mama" provides the baby with a huge amount of power. In fact, they were even used to

When I started this semester in English 111, I wasn’t must of a writer. I made a lot of grammar errors that a novice writer would make. Over the semester I have improved my writing skills due to this class. In the beginning of the semester we were asked to write an essay to see what type of writers we were as an individual. I struggled to write that first essay, because I would over think the essay while in deep thought thinking what the professor would think of my writing. Furthermore, I showed my writing skills as writer and scored a high grade on my first essay that I was overthinking. However, I realized that I made some that I made a few minor errors in my first essay of the semester. For example hooks are

When I graduated high school, I already knew that I wanted to attend college other than going to the work force. I heard stories about college being fun and it is one of the greatest accomplishment a person can achieve. So, I began college right after high school. As I entered college, I learned that I will have to focus more on writing papers than having fun. In high school my teachers did not prepare me for college essays. I feel like I learned a lot more failing on my college writing assignment than passing on the essays in high school. Well now I have approached the end of the semester of college, and I am exhausted from the constant writing assignments. Although the assignments were difficult like I said it was also helpful. Each assignment helped me in different ways. The assignments helped me improved with my grammar, time management, and how to process before I begin writing. In English 1010 I had different types of writing assignments. I had to write a literacy narrative paper, analysis paper, research paper, and lastly an autoethnography paper which I am doing now. An autoethnography is when the author uses self reflects to write about their experiences about writing a paper. English is not the only subject that I had writing assignments in. I also had to write assignment in my business class. My English teacher had informed me that I will have to do an autoethnography. So, I used my paper in my business class to reflect on how I write by

Ever since I was young, English has always been one my least favorite subjects throughout school because I did not enjoying writing. Writing always frustrated me because it seemed so time consuming. But as I grew older I came to the realization that writing papers are not as hard as we set it out to be. If you formulate a method to how you will complete the paper, and follow through with it, it makes the entire process so much easier. For example, for all the students who procrastinate with their assignments until the day before it is due. Think about all the time and effort you have to put fourth to complete an entire paper in one day. Imagine how much less effort it would take to simply start working on the assignment at least four days before the required due date. You would only have to spend an hour or two a day to complete the entire essay. All you have to do is develop a plan as to what you want to accomplish each day and a writing strategy to following while writing. Throughout my English courses I have assembled my own writing strategies, and the first step to writing a good essay is pre-writing.

I started writing my first real essay in the Eighth grade, and I never knew why I was given such an awful task. I am a terrible English/Writing scholar and I never could comprehend the concept of writing. I put a lot of work and heart into my first essay, but that still didn’t get me the grade that I wanted. Needless to say I got a “D” on the essay. I was extremely disappointed in the grade I made and I wanted to reject writing all together, but that is not the kind of scholar I am, so I began my journey during my Eighth grade year to become a better writer. I had many academic goals that year, but my main goal was to excel on the English state writing test at the end of the year. The test would determine if I moved on to ninth grade English or if I would get placed in a pre-high school English program. To achieve my goals I knew that I was going to have to work hard not only on developing the papers I write, but also making sure they are grammatically correct, interesting, and that each story or essay gets the main point across as well.

On our first in-class timed writing assignment, I scored a four out of a possible nine. Initially, I think I was very disappointed, if only because I had always been praised in school for my ability to communicate. My fondness for writing in my spare time also contributed to this. Once the rubric was returned, however, it was obvious that the mistake had fallen not on the style of writing but my lack of focus when reading. My essay missed the point of passage. After reading it over again briefly, I could see glaring error in my own comprehension of the piece. I remember feeling unsure of how I was going to approach my response when crafting it. I started writing without a full understanding of what I had read and that lead to my failure in

Throughout English composition 1 my grades have fluctuated drastically. Some papers were surprisingly great and some have been extremely bad. Overall though I have made minor improvements, maybe not specifically in each paper but overall as a writer I have. Although I have not and probably will never master the art of writing I know I have made myself better just in these past few months. This semester I faced the huge inconvenience of procrastination and over time I learned to change my method of writing; therefore, I could manage my time more wisely and put more effort into my papers.

In middle school, we hardly ever wrote, if ever. Then in high school the only papers we really wrote were in 12th grade. Every other paper was small and could be written out in half an hour. On every paper I wrote I got a high grade, but with this high grade, I didn’t get any feedback. I started just to assume everything I wrote was good, and I became complacent. When it came to write our big senior exit paper junior year, I made an 80. The main reason was due to the fact that my paper “uses immature writing style that includes weak word choice, limited sentence variety, vague and inconsistent voice, and marginal coherence.” I felt crushed. I was angry at my teacher who supposedly proofread my draft and did not provide one ounce of feedback on how the draft was. Our senior papers were graded by other teachers and our names were not on it to prevent bias. Who ever graded my paper either had a different idea of where 12th graders should be at when it comes to writing than my teacher, or my own teacher slacked off and didn’t read my paper at all.

English has never been my best subject, because often times in the past I would overthink even when it came to the first draft. Eventfully this would create restrictive mental chains that wouldn’t allow me to edit my draft to an extent that I thought was adequate. As result I found that I waiting a lot of time getting past my mental barriers. I had to learn the hard way that letting my ego influence my writing was not going to fly in college. Took this class once already with professor Moore and I did not respect the editing that he would do on our first draft. I began to procrastinate due to my frustration and the laid back nature of his class, which I had never experienced.

Writing has always had a huge role in my life. Every week, I write comic book reviews on my employer’s website. The reviews tend to be a paragraph in length and describe the events or persuade the reader to read a certain comic issue. I have loved writing since I first held a pencil. It’s easy to say that I am eager to write no matter how long it is. I excel at descriptive writing and unity in an essay. However, I do have two major weaknesses in my college writing. Over the next eighteen weeks, I would like to improve on my grammar and make stronger topic sentences. I hope to express my passion for writing and read everyone’s

Writing is something the vast majority of college students are familiar with. Because they do a lot of it. College professors use writing assignments to help them determine whether or not their students understand the course curriculum because you can’t write well if you don’t understand the topic in which you are writing about.so with that said, if you bemoan the very thought of having to complete more than a few writing assignments, college could be very stressful for you. That is unless you decide to become a better writer. It doesn’t stop at college either, most employers consider it an essential job skill one of which could hold you back in your career if you're terrible at it. think about it, how do most businesses communicate? Through

My mother has always told me to dress to impress. In a way, your writing should do the same, no matter if you are writing a college essay or writing a job report for your boss at work. Depending upon the type of writing, in college, some writings are to be professional and precise or relaxed and personal. When writing a paper or report for work, you can be personal if you are applying for a job or requesting a raise, but in both situations, you have to maintain a professional persona so you are taken seriously and seen as worthy of someone else's time. In writing in college and work, normally, you are persuading someone to agree with your opinion or buy

Over the course of this past semester, my ability to write has improved tremendously. Prior to undertaking this course, my expertise in writing was not as fine-tuned as it should have been. I had never previously been enrolled in a class specifically tailored to writing-- which was quite clear. Upon reading my past works, it becomes apparent that my writing style consisted of fluff, small words, and inconsistently structured sentences. These problems have, for the most part, been remedied with the coursework I have tackled in College Writing. Rather than long, drawn out papers that take an eternity to reach the primary point, my recent work is much nicer in terms of composition and grammar. I credit these improvements to the three primary

Back in my high school years, writing was my worst nightmare. Even in Portuguese, my native language, it was very stressful when I had a writing assignment. As I saw myself as a logical person with zero creativity, the writing was not my favorite subject. My writing experience came from the last six months of learning English in the US when I was, finally, taught to write in a logical and organized way. Learning a structured approach focused on writing as a process, helped me to clarify my idea about how to write. But, does the college-level writing and common-writing mean the same? What differentiates college-level writing from other types of writing? What should we expect from a college-level writing? While there is not a single definition of college-level writing, the different meanings, and controversial interpretations show us its importance.

Walking into the college writing room for the first time, I was hopeful of learning new skills and more about myself as a writer. Not only did I learn new skills, but overall a better understanding of how I write and how I edit. I still have my disorganizing writing style of a chunk writer, but now I know that having a simple outline can cut out hours of trying to paste the paper back together, trying to make sure it flows correctly. Instead of the old way of writing, I found a better way that still works for me. It’s much more efficient, especially of the deadlines that come faster than they seem. Writing in a classroom never worked well for me, but College Writing allowed me to experiment with what environment worked the best. I found out writing in low-lit library early in the morning with my headphones playing Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor op. 33 by Saint-Saëns kept me focused on my goals..