Essay On My English Reflection

Before I started this course, my writing was not necessarily bad. I did struggle with a lot, but I was never a horrible writer. I would frequently drift into second person while I was in first person. That was my main struggle. I figured that was normal though. Everyone was doing it, so I figured that it was the way to go. It was not until I was properly taught in this course to make sure that the point of view that I am writing in, in the moment, is consistent. Now I don’t have a problem with consistent point of views. In high school, I struggled a lot with comprehension. When I read something, I couldn’t write about what I read. My excuse was the reading was not sticking to the brain. I realized that the problem was not the reading wasn’t …show more content…
Then I received credit for each assignment after that. I have learned so much in this course, especially how to organize my papers. I would always brainstorm before I type my papers, and I use to get exceptional grades for them in High school. It was not until I was in this course where I took my organization skills to the next level. I was writing the ‘My English’ Essay, and It was a satisfactory paper, I could see myself receiving a low A, or a high B on the assignment. Mrs. Coleman informed me that it was an amazing paper, it’s just missing something in the introduction paragraph. My paper was on how my english varies to whom I’m speaking with at the moment. I started speaking about gumbo in the first two sentences saying that my english is like gumbo. Ms. Coleman said,”...it is a great way to start off your paragraph, but it’s too great to be only a few sentences.” So she told me to speak about gumbo for the entire introduction, then transition into how my english is like gumbo as well. It was perfect, I fell in love with Mrs. Coleman as a professor. I never had a teacher that took what I had and bring it to another