“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen,” Wrote, Wayne Huizenga. That was me, I’ve been dreaming about success every day for eight years until I decided to make it a reality. Before I joined Thomas Nelson Community College, I was a wife, a mother, and a dreamer; but once my youngest daughter started her learning journey, I started my journey of success too. My goal is to learn principles, strategies, and skills to be a successful teacher. Confidence and excitement were my feelings to walk in my path, accompanied with fear and anxiety from failure. As I consider my current academic journey through the semester in ENF 2, I realize I have accomplished a great deal and learned many strategies to help me in subsequent courses.
During my studies in the class of ENF 2, I developed a strong vocabulary, because I’ve learned about different strategies which tied my background knowledge and enhanced my comprehension. First, the denotation and connotation …show more content…
Dr. Seuss said: “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Learning about new strategies in reading, such as the context clues, stated main idea and the implied main idea, and looking for the topic of the paragraph helped me to understand the comprehension lessons I’ve read in the class. First, I knew how Malcolm X challenged himself. For instance, he wrote the dictionary to improve his vocabulary and his penmanship. Second, I discovered how the blue whale survives, for example, he holds its breath for 30 minutes only twice per hour before it glides into the water. Third, I learned about the struggle of African Americans to have an equal opportunities in education and civil rights. Finally, I traveled to Athens, India, and France and visited The Parthenon, The Great Stupa, and The Charters Cathedral; and learned about different religion aspects and cultural in the
During my studies in the class of ENF 2, I developed a strong vocabulary, because I’ve learned about different strategies which tied my background knowledge and enhanced my comprehension. First, the denotation and connotation …show more content…
Dr. Seuss said: “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Learning about new strategies in reading, such as the context clues, stated main idea and the implied main idea, and looking for the topic of the paragraph helped me to understand the comprehension lessons I’ve read in the class. First, I knew how Malcolm X challenged himself. For instance, he wrote the dictionary to improve his vocabulary and his penmanship. Second, I discovered how the blue whale survives, for example, he holds its breath for 30 minutes only twice per hour before it glides into the water. Third, I learned about the struggle of African Americans to have an equal opportunities in education and civil rights. Finally, I traveled to Athens, India, and France and visited The Parthenon, The Great Stupa, and The Charters Cathedral; and learned about different religion aspects and cultural in the