May 8, 2017 was the first day of college for me after being out of high school for 18 years. I am attempting to pursue a nursing degree and I am required to take 8 pre-requisites before I can apply to the nursing program. I decided to take English 111 first but only because that is what my advisor suggested. I have never liked reading or writing and therefore was not looking forward to taking this class. Additionaly, this semester was like a rollercoaster because Mrs. Patrick had to condense 16 weeks of work into 8 weeks because of the summer semester being shorter than the fall and spring semesters. However, I still learned a lot of valuable information and also gained confidence in my writing skills. We wrote six minor essays and four major essays in addition to our weekly homework and we managed to do all of this in just 8
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Prior to this class I would just write all my jumbled thoughts on paper and it was so unorganized that I didn’t even know where to start. These steps have helped me tremendously as well as using an outline. Furthermore, I learned about a writer’s audience and how important this is when writing your essays. Prior to this class, I didn’t give much, if any thought to who my audience was or if I should be writing in first, second, or third person. Knowing who your audience is will help set the tone of your paper. The most important thing that I have learned from taking this class is that your teacher can make or break you. As I stated earlier, I never liked reading or writing and always thought I was terrible at writing, but Mrs. Patrick always encouraged me and instead of just telling her students what they did wrong, she would actually show or tell them how to correct the issues, which made a huge difference. Mrs. Patrick made this a good experience and now I don’t mind reading and writing so much and learned that it can actually be
Prior to this class I would just write all my jumbled thoughts on paper and it was so unorganized that I didn’t even know where to start. These steps have helped me tremendously as well as using an outline. Furthermore, I learned about a writer’s audience and how important this is when writing your essays. Prior to this class, I didn’t give much, if any thought to who my audience was or if I should be writing in first, second, or third person. Knowing who your audience is will help set the tone of your paper. The most important thing that I have learned from taking this class is that your teacher can make or break you. As I stated earlier, I never liked reading or writing and always thought I was terrible at writing, but Mrs. Patrick always encouraged me and instead of just telling her students what they did wrong, she would actually show or tell them how to correct the issues, which made a huge difference. Mrs. Patrick made this a good experience and now I don’t mind reading and writing so much and learned that it can actually be