Essay On Failing English Class

Improved Essays
How did failing my English II semester I class affect me the way it did? What can i do to prevent falling the next time around?Taking this class again in summer school was a result of me going through a dark time in that time period, and made me not want to care anymore about the consequences that came my way. The main reasons why i did not pass my first semester english grade was because I did not do my work, I would not do presentations that were required, and i would fail most of my weekly vocab quizzes.

The primary reason why i did not pass the class was because I chose not to do the work, or I would just not finish the assignments whenever i attempted to do the assignments. My teacher would assign us to read a story in the book and we would summarize it and do the discussion questions at the end of the story. Most of the time I would read the story with a partner, but when i came time to answer the questions I wouldn't know what to answer since, i wasn't paying attention during the reading. For the questions I would
…show more content…
I had a problem I dealt with my whole life without knowing what it really was, until i went to a therapist last summer and they told me that I had which was: Depression, Anxiety and Panic Disorder and I also had ADD. I did not want belive that I actually had those mental disorders because I had that strong believe that knowing what I had would just make my situation worse, because I would now have a “blameful” reason of my poor actions. The anxiety disorder made me literally go insane before doing a presentation by myself, making myself paranoid, and cautious to say something that would make me look like an idiot in front of the class. I would be too scared so I would talk to my teacher before class and tell them that I chose not to do the presentation. After working with a psychiatrist, I got better and became more courageous to do more

Related Documents

  • Superior Essays

    Essay On Passing

    • 1527 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Passing: Not Quite Fitting In In modern day racial passing has become almost irrelevant, with more than in any time in history, African Americans are having (near) equal rights, and it might not be too far-fetched to say that passing might be swapping. It can be observed in social media, traditional street fashion, originally sported by African Americans, is now the aesthetic many non-colored celebrities have adopted. However, the most common use of passing today does not refer to racial passing like in the Harlem Renaissance, but sexual passing among the LGBTQ community as of the result intolerance against these groups.…

    • 1527 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Have you registered to take English 101 online for the Spring Sememster? If so, I am going to give you some advice about how to successfully pass the class. The three steps you need to know to pass English 101 are attend class, do work when asked, and always tell your teacher a day ahead if you cannot make it to class that day. The first step you need to know to pass the class successfully is attend your class. Then, if you attend class all the time it adds up as part of your grade.…

    • 223 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    English in college has been a very different class from what was described throughout the Calverton School experience. The readings themselves are similar to the International Baccalaureate program that I faced in high school; however the writing style which has been introduced is still somewhat foreign. The understanding for writing which I was accustomed to in high school has become blurred and foggy; it seems inadequate for this class. The realization that academic writing does not exclusively revolve around a set structure, such as a five paragraph essay, was difficult to accept; and continues to plague my writing. From a perspective standpoint, what has truly changed is the approach to writing is that writing is not trying to always…

    • 776 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    I was diagnosed with a mental disorder when I was ten years old. My parents were not educated on how to take care of me or what physician I should see. My teachers at school were not educated on how to take care of me or accommodate me. This disorder was…

    • 753 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A young freshman in college is anxiously checking her schedule for her first semester. She examines her paper carefully and sees she is taking English 112. She stopped and asked herself why she would take English 112? She ponders for a reason to take this writing class after she already took at least four English classes in her high school years, plus English 111. She felt she already ‘knew’ how to write.…

    • 1064 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Experience about English 101 This semester of fall 2016, I took English 101. Before starting this class I must say I felt nervous and unsure about myself. The objection of this class is to learn how to write with a clear content, accurately and my writing skills need to show beyond college level. I had trouble in the past with my writing skills and grammar.…

    • 647 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I still played around, didn’t apply any effort in classes, and was so sad and mad at myself that I couldn’t get any work done. I use to blame teachers and say things like “She didn’t give me enough time to study” “I don’t remember talking about this in class” or “I wasn’t here” but all along I knew that it was all my fault, and I am the reason why I have a failing grade, not my teachers. Mostly I would wait ‘til the last minute to get final work done, and sometimes it will work other times it wouldn’t. Unfortunately I had to attend summer school, and I failed 3 classes. It finally hit me that I have to get it together or my future might not be so bright.…

    • 731 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Surviving English Class

    • 647 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Surviving English Comp 1 Writing Class Writing is one thing I hate the most. It was hard to write an essay for the first time because I did not have the knowledge or concept of this writing style. Before this class, I thought I knew what writing was all about by expressing my thoughts, ideas and feeling. I know now that I had the wrong concept on how to write. I can express my thoughts, ideas and feeling, but if I put them in the wrong contents it does not lead the reader to the point of the essay.…

    • 647 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Being Gritty

    • 603 Words
    • 3 Pages

    English is not my best subject actually its my worst subject but I still try to do what I can to pass. I would always stay up late doing my homework stuck and dumfounded on a question or statement because I was thinking to much about it to the point where I gave up and didn’t hand anything in. Every time I walked in the class with no work to give, I just wanted to have a mental breakdown but I didn’t want to portray myself as a weak person.…

    • 603 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Being fifteen years old in a college has not been easy. There are many obstacles I have to overcome to further my education. For the past few years, I had severe social anxiety. My anxiety often got in the way of my education and learning; during school, I would have at least one panic attack a day and would have to step out of class for long periods of time to calm down. My anxiety was worse on the days I had presentations; my presentation grades often suffered because I was too anxious to speak clearly in front of large groups.…

    • 1336 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Prior to English 101, I have been taking several English classes, but each class helped me little by little to an English 101 student. Learning to have efficient studying habits such as study the day of the class and not doing things last minute. Also learning how to actually study other subjects and how to think critically. This has increased my learning habits. My student habits have changed dramatically,…

    • 731 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Development Scared, nervous, and unhappy would describe how I felt about taking a college English class. English was my most dreaded subject, and always has been simply because there is not always a right answer. I like to think and view things as black and white, but English is full of digging through the grey. Never the less I walked into my first day of English 101 dreading what was to come, however I left with an open mind.…

    • 910 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Failure Narrative Essay

    • 1054 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Personal Narrative Why is failure the best teacher? I am going to answer this question using personal stories as examples. Failure is the best teacher because no matter what it changes a person, if someone fails and gives up it shows them that they didn’t really want to succeed badly in the first place, if someone fails and uses their failures to then succeed than they learned what it took to make their endeavour go right. We learn from failure by deciding how we are going to react to it and depending on that reaction, it can be a large change, or a small change.…

    • 1054 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A couple of months ago, I wrote about how I struggle to create an interesting hook that captures my professor’s attention. Here I am, multiple months later and I still struggle to write the perfect hook. Am I okay with that? Actually, yes, because I know I grew in many other areas during this course. I believe I have progressed more than I have in any other English class.…

    • 1320 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I have never had experiences with online classes until this class. But from what I am seeing it is kind of a hard thing unless you have determination and discipline. I believe I do have this because I want to get an A in this class and start going in my major classes and get out in the working field again. I have been unemployed since April and would like to help my family out when I can.…

    • 379 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays