Reflection On Crabtree's Hnrs World Lit Class

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Are you a new student entering Crabtree's Hnrs World Lit class,and want to be successful in her class ? Well to be successful in her class, you need to have good penmanship, do your assigned reading, and bring your books to class everyday. Since, I been in her class for a semester now, that’s what I had to do to be successful in her class even though, at the moment I’m trying to improve my penmanship to be even more successful in her class.
To be successful in her class, means having good penmanship when writing an essay . For instance, since I don't have that much of a good penmanship, I’ve been getting low grades on hand written essays. An example, would be when we wrote a district essay, and I got a zero, because the reader wasn't able to read it, which brought my grade down about 6%. Now, you can visualize why you need to have good penmanship to be successful in her class, so that you don’t go through the things I go through, such as barely getting an A in her class, for the last quarter of the semester.
Another thing, is you need to do your assigned reading when told. For instance, one time I didn't do my assigned reading, and I ended up facing the consequences of getting a low score when we got tested on the reading. An example, would be two weeks before Thanksgiving break, where I got assigned reading which I ended up
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An example, would be last Thursday, when we were supposed to write an essay about a message portrayed in both the books “Rain of Gold” and “ The Joy Luck Club” , for our final after watching a movie. And the thing is that mostly half the class didn’t bring their books to class, because they didn't know they had to, but they got really lucky that we ended up not doing the essay at all or else they would of failed. Now, you can tell why it’s important to bring your books to class

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