Freshman Composition Analysis

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I am very happy with my grade and I have enjoyed freshman composition. The day I first walked into class, I thought that I was going to fail. Freshman composition was my only college class of the semester and this made me think that it was going to be a tough semester. I was expecting to get a B in this class and I did. Also I thought that Ms. Scarbrough was going to be hard on use because this was a college class, but she was not. She was very nice to us, answered any questions we had, and helped us. This class made me set many goals for myself to achieve and it kept me motivated. I have set many goals for myself this semester and these goals kept me motivated and made me work hard. For example, I wanted my overall grade to be a B and I have

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