English 4

The senior grade at Tupelo Christian Preparatory School had managed to split up into two sections. The 4.0 National Honor society students travelled the high road and took a collegiate level English composition course, however, the athletes and educationally challenged were thrown into the melting pot of English 4. The course, led by Mrs. Elaine Bunn, turned out to be the favorite class of the majority of students. English 4 had sky-scraping highs, rock bottom lows, and a valuable strength branded into the young students. The highest point, of English IV, was unarguably turning in the last paper. The last paper represented countless outlines sketched on papers, long nights spent behind a bright computer screen, and the returning of grades that either glorified or mocked the work …show more content…
Among these strengths were vocabulary and grammatical rules, each practiced through the use of writing papers, however, all papers had one common similarity. The dreaded MLA controlled every paper we wrote in English IV. When MLA was first introduced, it was thought to be both difficult and useless. The new paper writing format is very difficult to become familiar with. The most difficult part of this format is the citing. Their is no shortcut to learning MLA, it can only be achieved through relentless practice. As these slow and challenging practices became daily, the entire class began to wonder why on earth we were learning this. Mrs. Bunn would tell us that colleges would require it, but the students dismissed the reason. Within weeks in my first college English class, low and behold the infamous MLA format is the center of the entire course. In conclusion, the last English class I took was English IV led by Mrs. Elaine Bunn. This class had tremendous highs mixed with difficult lows. The beauty of English IV was that the last strength obtained in my high school career is the first applicable strength in my college