Everyone has a different experience in their life. My experience to take ESL 33A
at Pasadena City College is unforgettable because I learned so many knowledge and
grammar from this class. During taking ESL 33A, I will never forget this experience.
I remember once when taking a in class essay, I felt I did well on it because I used
my ways to write about this essay, and I did not use the skills I learned from this class.
Therefore, I expected to get a high grade on it, but when I got my essay back, I was
disappointed because I fail on this essay. I felt very sad about this test because I spent
a lot of time to prepare this test. After class, I asked my professor why did I get a low
grade. The professor told me check the essay again, and asked me to check our rules.
Moreover, I still could not understand what does it mean, so I took my essay to
the professor’s office and asked her what is wrong with it. The professor told me we
need to write academic essay, not the personal essay, but I still wrote the personal
essay, it is not my professor’s require Therefore, I fail this essay. The professor also
told me I have a lot of wrong grammar and spelling, and I have a big problem that is I
did not have a thesis statement. I was confuse about this problem, and I still do not
know how to write it. The professor explained to me what is thesis and what is
academic essay about one and a half hour. I am very thankful my professor so much
because I understand how to write it. At home, I spent a lot of time to review it.
A few weeks later, we have another in class essay, and the require is to write a
academic essay for argument. During the writing essay time, I remember the
knowledge that the professor told me last time, and I followed the rules and utilized the skills I have learned. First, I did a brain storm to write down all my ideas and
details. Then, I started to write my