Boring English Class

Bad to Good in a Matter of Time Coming into this class I truly thought to myself, “Man not another boring English class, that involves nothing but writing…” Boy did you prove me wrong! Progressing through the class I came about liking it very much; along with seeing many improvements in my writing and grammar. This class gave me more than just the ability to write it also gave me the ability to use different tactics when reading and how to understand certain types of texts. The thing that was truly amazing about this class was the way our class discuss were, as a class everyone was always so interactive and gave feed back in a blink of an eye, which was amazingly helpful with my writing. From analyzing text, to peer editing each others
papers, and writing papers this class it has changed me all around as a student; with not only writing papers for english, but also other classes.
As a student who's taken English classes as far as I can remember, this English class has nothing to compare, especially with involvement because the way we were involved helped my
ideas and thoughts expand enormously. As I was once told it takes one difference to make a change and one motivator to make someone want to change. That being said you were my motivator to change my writing and to keep progressing for change to better my style of writing and more. My writing has changed greatly over the time being in this class I came in a bit lost and worried that this class was going to be the death of, because I knew I had great passion in my ideas, but my organization and structure was not all there. After the first graded paper I felt a little disappoint and dump frowned about it because I received a “No Credit," however after we had a meeting about my writing I felt encouraged and prepared to give it another shot; with a rewrite. My paper didn't have good knowledgeable background, nor did I prove my points; for example, “The Remainder of the cost is paid with loans, scholarships, and work study, and sometimes even then they may still have to pay out of pocket.” This is rather more a statement than an argument in my paper I tried to look deeper into my argument and found a more comprehensive sentence to suit my argument. I looked at my notes and outlines to see what I could do about better developing my topic sentences because I knew they where pathetic sentences. I reconstructed my sentence with better organization and syntax. For example, “With tuition rising it is not easy for many to pick college as their pathway to success, it’s seen more as a luxury rather than as an essential. Many times they fall into a great deal of stress figuring out how to pay for college, creating higher dropout rates, and lower admission rates. This causes the focus on education to become secondary because their main focus is the finical bills.” After so much work on the second try I figured it out and received Credit on my paper. One of the major issues with my writing was my topic sentences and organization it was all over the place, and my topic sentences were unclear and misleading.
From my first paper to my most recent paper my topic sentence have drastically changed for the better I went from sounding like a high school freshmen to a undergraduate college student. “People across the world(not only America) have the same concern about going to college, and is almost everyones main concerns, which is the expense of going to college.” That being the first topic sentence from my first essay ever written in this class is very scatter brained along with no major argument towards it. In my most recent paper my topic sentence progressed greatly with much more syntax and with a much more clear argument. “Hessel believes that outrage needs to take place in today’s young generation because we are seeming to be content with all these social issues arising.” This thesis has a strong argument, good grammatical structure, and a firm syntax structure, making my argument
clear. The most helpful tools to making a change in my writing was the process of writing the paper. From articles, to class discussions and note taking, to writing a thesis and creating an outline, to a rough draft and peer editing, and lastly a final draft; the process helped better develop my thoughts and double check for grammatical errors. The article annotations were very helpful on providing knowledgeable background and evidence to my papers, they better assisted me with proving my arguments. However, the most useful tactic was the class discussions and note taking due to the fact that it provided me with major topics and eased me into developing an outline to write my paper. Peer editing was wonderful feed back and helped pick out any little errors missed in my paper. This process was honestly a huge improvement in my writing since it ensured that my papers had all the main necessities need and assured that my paper was on the right track.

Brian I have to say that you have helped me greatly with expanding my writing and making me excel in the English field. It’s honestly hard to find teachers that have so much passion for their jobs and students, which is also why my writing had improved because you gave us instant feed on our work, told us how we could fix, what we need to work on, and gave us a second chance at writing it. You provided a pathway to a successful writing journey, all I had to do was take it step by step to make improvements. The major conditions in my writing that have proven to become adequately better are my syntax and topic sentence, due to help of this class. My writing has changed for the better and I will continue to grow with it whether it may be my agreements or my organization, I will keep moving my writing up the scale.