When I was in my high school‚ the thought of writing an essay always scared me.No matter how hard I tried I never got better at it and eventually I was always stuck with a C. I did not like my writing class because I thought writing was not made for people like me and C was the highest grade I could ever get. So‚ I just tried to complete my papers as quickly as possible and rather focused on other subjects. I never actually tried to improve or find my weaknesses in my writing. I just wanted to get
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start. Taking this class has giving me hope to go out in the world question everything that doesn’t make sense to me. Also‚ living freely of this entrapment of not knowing how to properly analyze situations. As I expressed in my last journal‚ the first time you asked me‚ “What is critical thinking?” I was honestly shocked and quite embarrass not really knowing what it meant. As the year went by it slowly started making sense little by little every time I sat in class and you picked my brain asking
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The composition class here at Dubuque Senior High School allows students to improve their writing skills and teaches them self-dependence. It’s a great class which has improved my grammar skills but there are things that I would change about the course. First‚ I would change the in-class portion of the class. This class is very independent based and relies on students to do all the work themselves. Although for most students the time given during the day is a blessing and allows them to complete
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Throughout my school experience English has never been my cup of tea. I have never been good at reading‚ writing essays‚ or using higher vocabulary. So why would I want to take an advanced English class if I’m no good at it? Well‚ the answer is simple‚ I want to challenge myself. High school is filled with many challenges that come in all shapes and sizes. This class will be another challenge that I will push through‚ enjoy myself‚ and acquire knowledge. Knowledge I hope to gain from this AP English
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Throughout my education experience all my English classes have typically been the same. We would learn maybe a few new things‚ but overall every English class was about the same. I could not say that my English 211C class falls in that category because we talked a lot about current issues. I was not really expecting us to talk about current issues as much as we did. At first it through me off because it was not what I was used to in an English class‚ but I grew to like talking about current issues
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My ideal class for Spoken English Spoken English is quite opposite to written English because when we are writing‚ we have time to think whether a word is appropriate‚ if the tenses are correct and so on. While spoken English is totally on the contrary‚ our words‚ phrases‚ and tenses should be dealt with unconsciously and immediately. There are many ways to teach spoken English‚ but in my opinion‚ attentions should be paid to the English-speaking environment. There is no way we can speak fluently
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participating in any type of writing class‚ I tend to discover numerous strengths and weaknesses behind my work. I benefit greatly from reviewing my old essays‚ and reflecting on my personal growth. This type of pattern has been consistent since I started focusing on becoming a better writer‚ and it has led to some serious strides in a few departments. Being given the opportunity to be a part of Professor Murray’s class this semester‚ allowed for me to reassess this method I always used‚ and refine some
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Throughout the semester I was aware I was learning things‚ but it wasn’t until watching my IDEA speech that I realized how much I had truly learned. I thought that maybe I had picked up a few useful tips‚ but I didn’t think that I had really changed much as a speaker. It turns out I was dead wrong. I have clearly learned a tremendous amount. This shows in my improvement from the first speech‚ as well the drastic change in my PRCA-24 score. When I took the PRCA-24 for the first time at the beginning of
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Who I am My background as a writer only goes as far as high school assignments. Even then‚ I have not done much writing. My first year in high school‚ I do not remember us doing any writing. The most I remember writing is short essays‚ stories‚ and poetry for a class project. Other than that project‚ I do not recall doing much writing. The project was to write stories‚ essays‚ and poetry about our life. My second year in high school‚ I was supposed to write more because it was English 10 Writing
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last social science class. I chose Sociology as my new subject. I hadn’t taken the subject before and wanted to experience something new. Sociology was rather a new subject in the ranks of economics‚ political science‚ anthropology and history. That’s what made me go for it. My first day in the class was not how I expected it to be. I was told that the real professor (Prof.Boon) was on leave and that I substitute Professor will fill in for one week. However the class went on pretty well
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