ENG102 Prof 11/24/11 Reflective Essay When the semester began I thought to my knowledge that my writing was that of good quality. Though I had a good basic understanding of the format of an essay or letter I still had a lot to learn. My writing changed in many ways such as learning to eliminate unnecessary wording in my thesis‚ the use of synonyms‚ analyzing quotes and writing abstract to concrete thoughts or ideas. This Class
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My teaching this semester occurred in a third grade classroom where I learned so many different things about this developmental level. The first and most obvious thing I learned this semester was that every single student works at their own pace and this can vary substantially from one student to the next. My co-teachers and I taught a unit on writing a book with our students and when students were working on writing their actual book the progress levels of students were incredibly broad. On one
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What I have Learned about Me Patricia Zolocsik PSY/285 October 10‚ 2012 Darren Iwamoto What I have Learned about Me There are several things I have learned about myself during this course. Most I already knew about myself just did not know that there was specified names for my attributes. I have also learned how I can deal with my unique attributes to help me personally and professionally. A person is made up of many attributes‚ and no two people have exactly the same combinations
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Christy Conyers MPTP 253 04/09/11 What I Learned from Walter Murch Walter Murch has been working in Hollywood as a sound and film editor since 1969 when he started on Francis Coppola’s film‚ The Rain People. Since then he has edited sound on American Graffiti (1973)‚ The Godfather: Part II (1974)‚ won his first Academy Award nomination for The Conversation (1974)‚ won his first Oscar for Apocalypse Now (1979)‚ and won an unprecedented double Oscar for sound and film editing for his work on
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Dear Prof. Pretorius‚ I passed this course with flying colours because I learned to study smarter‚ not necessarily harder. I now realise that I haven’t always studied correctly. When I started this course‚ I thought I knew exactly what terms such as “competitive advantage” and “positioning” meant…but I soon found out that I had so much to learn. I have made mistakes‚ but as Hugh White said "When you make a mistake‚ don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then
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2006 I felt really disappointed when I accepted the fact that I wasn’t going anywhere outside my country after finishing High School. I had tried my best to score well on my SAT and on my grades‚ along with several extracurricular activities to build up a personal profile that would be good enough to enter an American University. But things did not work out back then. My family was struck by an inconvenient event‚ and I was forced to make a last minute decision to stay. I felt devastated. I did not
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clear. When I began writing a persuasive letter‚ I decided to persuade people to read. This was my first attempt‚ during free writing: I really like to read. When I was young‚ I would read all of the time‚ sometimes even during class. I also stayed up late and read under by blankets with a flashlight. I learned a lot from reading. The first real book I read was Little House on the Prairie‚ and I learned a lot of history from that book and the other history books I read afterwards. I found it fascinating
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group of boys and I got rescued from the island. We were stranded‚ lost and hopeless. We tried to help each other out and work together‚ but it was really hard. No one wanted to do anything. My friend Piggy (who I met on the island) and I did most of the work. I was the captain of the boys. I was in charge of them and everything else. It was stressing and I hardly got to rest. I don’t like remembering my experience there. I came close to dying‚ but the worst part of that was that I saw people die.
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What I have learned In Uncle Ian’s Class This is my first term taking any business class here at LBCC. It has been a wonderful experience that has helped me in many ways. It has helped me understand and know the basics of business and how to use those skills. I have a small back ground with owning a business‚ but I have a lot of experience managing a business. These traits are few and far between qualities people have. But after this class I feel that I can further accomplish my goals I have set
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Leadership Mistakes I’ve Made and Lessons I’ve Learned from Them In my time in the Cadet program I’ve made several mistakes as I’ve progressed through leadership roles; however‚ these mistakes are not without some benefit as I’ve learned valuable lessons from them. I’ve seen my shortcomings with regards to respect and professionalism and those shortcomings have allowed me to see ways I can improve‚ and how these mistakes are not congruent with my values. I’ve made mistakes as a leader when it comes
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