Why I Am A English?

The first few years of college student’s lives are not necessarily the most enjoyable time, having to take the basic core classes. Unless someone is planning on getting their degree in something that involves the basic core classes like; Math, Psychology, any Humanities, or English. English has not been my strong suit and I know that I still have work that needs to be done to make me a better writer, but I believe that I was able to meet and achieve the goals and requirements of this Composition two class.

When I first entered english composition 1101, I expected this course to be manageable. As an outstanding english student at Clarke Central high school, I believed that I had enough knowledge to excel in this course with no challenges. Dr. Catherine Rogers was able to knock me off of my high horse and make me realize that I has a lot more to learn about reading and writing. She is very comprehensive and analytical, which caused her to give me a c average on my midterm assignments. I put the blame on myself because I believe that I should have been more open to Dr. Rogers’ methods with pre-writing and revision. Now I think highly of reading and writing.

Composition 1, also known as English 101 or FYC (First Year Composition) is an entry-level course taken by a majority of college students to introduce them to college-level reading and writing. FYC is a prerequisite course at many colleges and universities and therefore must be taken before students can enter into courses specific to their major. Though FYC serves as a bridge to college-level reading and writing many students and even some compositionists (those who teach writing in a college or university) do not see the relevancy of the course and instead view FYC as a course with very little applicability within the majors and future careers of college students. Others, including Nathalie Singh-Corcoran, believe FYC is a crucial prerequisite course that does teach skills crucial to the futures and lives of college students. In her essay, Composition as a Write of Passage, Nathalie Singh-Corcoran first, speaks to the purpose and overall goals of an FYC course before explaining how the skills learned in FYC can actually be applied to the majors and future careers of college students.  From the very beginning of her article, Singh-Corcoran establishes a strong foundation from which she can reach her main audience, but, she fails to support her main points in the best possible way by a very sparse use of non-anecdotal or personal experience based evidence.

To begin, I am eager to receive critique and assistance regarding my writing. My hope is to develop into the best writer I can be. Having said that, fearful struck me the moment I registered for this course. Fearing that I would be expected to write essays, papers and that I would fall short in my abilities. Writing a narrative essay, reflective essay, or researching material for a persuasive essay is not something I had done. Fortunately, soon realizing that this is why I am returning to college. English Composition specifically, will guide me through the information that I need to study to become the best writer I can be. Receiving guidance is a necessary part of life, and in college, if I want to develop my skills, receiving analyzes and assistance is essential to my growth. Falling short is an opportunity to fix what is wrong. So my enthusiasm is in learning everything I possibly can to aid in my success.

As the Fall 2017 term comes to end, I look back on what I have accomplished in this class. English 102 – Composition II was one of the most challenging and toughest class I have taken at UW-Stout, but feel as though it has helped me to improve my writing skills. Even before the semester started the feeling of anxiety had taken over, as writing has never been my strongest skill, but stayed positive and confident I would be successful. Much to my surprise, my instructor, Michael Critchfield quickly addressed that this class would not be easy and amazingly changed my views of writing throughout the entire semester.

Writing is so much easier when you don’t have a ridiculous amount of guidelines you have to follow. With literary freedom, we are able to express ourselves more than if we have to follow a specific set of rules for every thing we write. This is one downfall for high school English. We have to order our papers in a specific sequence while writing about a topic that is chosen for us. This English composition class changed all of that. We were able to write about anything that related to the given type of essay, which greatly improved our ability to fully immerse ourselves into every paper. This greatly affected my writing thoughts about writing; they changed from hating to write for school to actually enjoying it because I was able to

Throughout the seven weeks that I have taken this writing composition course, I have developed skills to help me improve my own writing. Using the writing process is one of the main focuses in the course. The writing process helps writers develop and revise their essay as they work their way up to creating the final draft that can be presented. Although there are many areas in my own writing where I can get better, I have found that my writing has improved in many ways while practicing using the writing process.

In the beginning, I felt as this English course was just another typical course with the purpose of allowing students to write more essays without the use of creativity and acuity. However, as I ventured deep into the course, I found my original opinion to be biased. Throughout my spiritual journey in ENGL 1304, I not only learned many concepts and new ideas along the way, but I was also able to connect with all my readings. From researching my online sources to constructing a coherent argument, I grasp the process of communicating my voice for each assignment through careful observation and visualization. As a result, I was able to write my essays in a more personal manner. It also led me to stray away from the concept of “just writing anything

Life is a cycle of learning and the dissemination of what we’ve learned. In each day of our lives we learn something new to add to our list of skills and knowledge. When I first entered university, I thought the writing courses were useless and just a waste of time since we all can write. Later, however, I realized how those courses are beneficial in improving our critical thinking and communication skills not only the style of writing.

Proficient writing is an essential skill in all aspects of academic and professional achievement. English 101, Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric, provided the framework to good writing, teaching me composition and rhetoric fundamentals, polishing up my grammar and style, and expressing a clear message. English 102, Composition, Rhetoric, and Research, continued to build on the skills I learned in English 101, focusing on the subject matter research process and employing various rhetorical and literary devices to better express a clear message to the reader. The course also improved my critical thinking capacity, allowing me to culturally evaluate my target audience, present logically flowing arguments using appropriate language and structure, and critically reviewing my writing projects for content and expression. Every writer inherently knows there’s always room to improve and I hold fast to this mindset in all academic, professional, and personal writing projects. English 102 has both challenged and inspired me to grow into a much better writer than before I began the class, providing the necessary skills to be not just a good writer, but a great writer.

Hi my name is Alberta Nemeth, I am a freshmen here at Lamar Institute of Technology. I believe I will learn from this course how to write a perfect essay using proper english, grammer, and punctuation. I also think that I will leant how to capture, persuade, and respond in all of my essay's that I may have to write, along with any projects I may have in the near future.

This semester I learned many things from this course, but most importantly I developed better writing skills. I believe by taking this English course, it has prepared me to write successful papers throughout this semester. In nearly every major, I will need this knowledge on tests, organize information in research papers and explain my ideas or opinions in essays. Any major in the humanities will require a significant amount of writing. After taking this class I can confidentially say that I have sufficient knowledge on writing a proper essay, for any class.

Advanced Composition I propelled me into the world of professional writing. Through this class, I learned and improved my writing skills in an enormous way. This course has pushed and pulled me in ways I never anticipated. Although this class challenged me, it prepared me for my future the best of any course I have taken. To review this class, I must look at my effort, what I learned, valuable lessons, the structure of the class, my progress, advice from the class and final thoughts.

Before I took this class, I was very inexperienced as a writer and I did not have much knowledge on the different types of essays and stories that we wrote in this class. Intermediate Composition has taught me a ton about how to use a variety of skills and how to greatly improve my writing. In the classes I took during my previous years of high school. We did not have much of a variety while writing essays and we were limited to specific guidelines. Unlike my previous classes, we were able to choose the topics we wrote about in this class, and it allowed me to enjoy my writing more than ever before and I feel that it helped me write better. Some examples of the classes I have taken previous to this class are the standard ninth and tenth grade World Literature and American Literature. I chose to take this class at the end of my sophomore year in high school because I was not very interested in taking a more difficult writing class, and my skills in writing were not as good as I would have liked them to be. So I figured that Intermediate Composition would be the best option for me so I can improve my skills as a writer and still have fun while doing it. We got a lot of time in class to work on every single one of our essays and I believe that doing that was able to relieve a lot of the stress that my Junior year was putting on me. Coming into this class, my skills in grammar was awful and something I really liked about this class was that I was able to prepare for the SAT as

Throughout my years in school, I have always found English to be my least favorite subject. Ever since I was little, Science was a subject I really enjoyed studying. This is because, unlike English, the subject comes easy to me and I find it interesting to learn. In Science all you have to do is to understand the concept that you’re reading and all the answers are right in the textbook. English on the other hand , is more complex for me because I don 't have the answers right in front of me like in science . This problem is mainly because I do not come from an English speaking background.