Importance Of English Composition

What I learned from English Composition I early on was that College English would not be at all like High School. Therefore, I knew going into English Composition II that the expectations would be even greater. As a result, my expectations at the beginning of this class were as expected, challenging. I expected this class to help prepare me to become a successful writer for college as well as for the world of work. What I didn’t expect was to have a collaborative writing assignment with other students, yet it was interesting to combine our writing styles to come up with a unique paper to present. Throughout this semester we have had numerous assignments to teach us various styles of writing as well as group assignments. The main thing that …show more content…
In each class I have had since being here at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff I have had to write especially in this class. Writing and research has helped me to gain a better understanding of a hypothesis or theory then express my thoughts in writing. In addition to this I find that I am better able to retain the information that I hand write then type. I have completed and learned a lot about writing in this class. These are some of the I wrote about "Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl 's Habits" by Suki Kim, The Cause and Effects of Stress on College Students, College Education Should Be Free To Students, Anthem Book Review, My Home Town, Persuasive Argumentative Essay Chained to Social Media, and the one I enjoyed the most was the Collective writing on Booker T. Washington because although I have heard …show more content…
One way is for everyone to take this class more seriously because what we do in this class can reflect in all the classes we have because they all require us to write. I would like to talk more about other people in our class papers in an effort to improve teaching methods. I think it will help students see if they were going in the same direction as other student as well as a fun activity. I think other students would like to hear the topic from another student’s point of view. There is always room for improvement in writing and I plan to continue to be a lifelong learner. My writing skills at the beginning of this class was about an eight for the level I am as a freshman and now it is about a nine I feel. I plan to improve on my research skills. This class was very fast paced and we did not always have enough time between papers to fully plan, research, and read over topics for understanding in the way that I would have liked