The Grade I Would Assign Myself

I felt that I put a great deal of effort toward the grade that I wanted, through my strict self discipline in my class effort. I was extremely critical when I was reading novels and stories, editing essays, and writing essays. Moreover, I was able to improve my writing and analyzation

It was one of the few classes I had a low "C" in. Which for someone whose family is half Asian, is a death sentence. It was a class with one of the more difficult, yet also one of my favorite, teachers in the school. The tests and essay prompts were sometimes on books I found too boring or tedious to read. For example, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, which in an ironic twist I had used for my senior quote, had too much old flowery language for my taste. This made it harder for me to accomplish writing so I would write incredibly slowly and procrastinate, checking various social medias and playing video games to delay the enviable; a laborious task of writing an essay. Finding a good analysis and finding good enough evidence would sometimes be difficult for me as these novels did not seem worth analyzing. These kinds of essays didn't do as well as some of my other ones in different classes because of my resentment towards classical bombastic language. I generally did slightly above average on these writing portions, but it was never enough to raise my grade to that coveted, and what seemed to be impossible

Over the course of this semester I learned a lot about myself as a writer. This English 101 class has really allowed me to expand my essay structure and ways of thinking. This was my first college writing course and it has given me much more freedom when writing because in high school I felt limited and like what we were writing was not very important. In high school I would write essays to just to fulfill the required word or page count and to a degree I still feel like this but maybe that is why I am an engineering major but in this course I actually was able to express my ideas and for the first time really test the limits of my writing capabilities. I really enjoyed being able to incorporate my voice more in my essays and I believe

In my opinion, the biggest high point I had during the class was making a ninety six on one of my final drafts. The paper where we had to write about world events during our lifetime is the one that I scored a ninety-six. It was the highest grade I had throughout the entire year and one of very few happy moments I had while taking the class. Receiving a high “A” on a paper was very relieving, because it was proof that all of my hard work and stress was being rewarded. It is important to have high points and to recognize the high points in order to achieve

When I first started this class, I did not expect to learn as much as I did. My sister took the online version of this class and she told me that she barely put an effort in the class to get a good grade. I feel like that is the opposite reaction in my own experience. I think I put lot of effort into this class, but at the same time I did learn a lot from it. I even use the material from this class to do a whole new research paper on the different class because I feel like this class content is very interesting.

Looking at the finished product I turned in for Essay 1, I don’t think I deserved a 100%. As I read my essay I found nothing but mistakes and points left out. I then went back and read the first draft of that essay and man is there is difference. As I was reading my original essay I found out that I was inserting facts into sentences. That’s not bad but no the goal. The goal is to create a story about your hero’s journey and relate it to you. Mine was not that. Looking back on workshops and feedback I saw how much my paper had changed and how I raised my bar. I took sentences I had written and moved, created, and formed an essay that was different and better then the first draft; by creating a story. Now using all the knowledge, I have learned throughout the semester, I can use it revise my essay one

A part of the class that worked well for me was when we were working on grammar. Learning about grammar was very helpful and feel that after learning about grammar my essays did get reasonably better. Another part of the class that i thought was helpful was writing the rhetorical essay. Before having to write that essay I did not know what that even meant, but the end that was the essay that I understood the most. It was also very helpful because weeks later after writing that essay, the SAT had the same topic for the essay portion.

I think my grade was pretty reasonable, because there were a few silly and critical errors I made when writing my paper. One of those silly mistakes was not using the website Paper Rater to check my grammar. I typed too fast and didn’t do a good job finding or inserting correct words. Another error I made was not making sure my sentence flowed smoothly in the same tense. Some of my sentences were very vague in my writing. As a result of this; next time I’ll try to improve my word choice and never use the word Things.

I learned a lot in this class during the semester. The first project was our learning narrative, it was not what I was expecting from a writing class. I expected we would be writing a many formal essays in MLA format with lots of sources and research. The first essay being a creative writing project was unexpected. At first writing a narrative from my personal experience was difficult for me. I had not written anything besides formal essays since high school. Writing something that was creative and expressive was an adjustment. After a few days of writing I began to really enjoy my learning narrative. I liked being able to express myself and my own experiences and share them with others.

It was my first writing class as a college freshmen and I did not know what to expect, like whether or not the class would be harder compared to what I took in high school or even if I would enjoy taking class. But as soon as day one turned in into week one, than soon week fifteen I felt more comfortable in the class than what I have probably felt in the beginning. I felt like I could write anything my professor threw at me, because through writing I could express my individuality. It gives me the freedom to express myself through words, and write about things I felt passionate about writing about. I felt as though I writing because I wanted to, and less because I was assigned to do so.

Would you consider yourself as a grade junkie? Do you always strive for an A and take nothing less? In his essay “A Young Person’s Guide to the Grading System,” Jerry Farber argues that the grading system is not a good way of evaluating students academically. He believes that with the grading system the way it is, students’ do not try to learn; they only push towards getting a good letter grade. Though some may disagree, Farber's view on the grading system is true.

I thought that the class was fun because I knew some of my classmates. My teacher was pretty cool as well. I enjoyed being able to pick my own topics for the papers that I wrote. It was a lot easier writing about something that I was genuinely was interested in, rather than a topic that was chosen for me. I enjoyed having a minimal amount of guidelines to follow. It was nice because I could freely write my paper. I was never worried about the exact structure of the paper. It helped me broaden my horizon, when it came to writing.

This semester was a handful with working on major projects, writing thesis papers, performing in my drama class and completing my first SAT. Out of all my assignments, one project that stood out was my Civil Rights project, I was as able to enhance my skills for academic success by writing an out of compliance letter to a handful of restaurants. I also go involved in other projects which led me attend a Denim Day Rally.

I came into this class expecting to fly through it to complete the necessary credits for college. I got instead was an education through writing that will help me further myself in my future career choices. I wish that I had only worked harder on the essays I was given to write to help my grades and future even more. I valued the lessons and instruction on the different forms of essays that came from attending this class. My next step is to continue that path that was made possible with the skills that I have acquired from this course.

I feel like I've learned a lot of thing from this class that I probably would have never thought about before. Firstly, I learned how community colleges work and about some of the policies they go by. I also learned about a lot of different career options that I never explored before. I think this really helped to open my eyes to all the options so I'm not limiting myself. Lastly, and most importantly, I learned about ways of managing stress and my time. This is something I have always struggled with and now I feel like I have the tools to change. I think this will really improve many things in all areas in my life but especially school. It was really great to hear everyone's dreams and goals as well as their stresses. It just shows that