Over the past four months, this class has been one of the most vigorous, yet most helpful classes that I’ve ever taken. This class has helped me grow tremendously all around! With the different discussion boards, annotated bibliographies, and essays, they have given me the chance to think outside of the box and take what I would normally do and go beyond normality. English 111 has done many things for me, including; helping me learn from my mistakes, guiding me to use time management better, and increasing my ability to research and write correctly.
In high school, we were always treated like children. Teachers extended deadlines, we received remind messages to study and there were no given responsibilities. We were also provided with thorough …show more content…
As a result of this, a good percentage of those that graduate each year, leave school and have no clue what to do when they make their first mistake and are expected to fix it on their own. When I first started in this class, I was fixated on the fact that I always made A’s in English throughout my life, so I didn’t change anything about my writing. However, I quickly figured out that the standards for this class, were much higher than what I was used to. The first test was on Researching News Media, I received a sixty-eight as my grade. From that moment on, I knew I had to be responsible and actually work for a better grade. I definitely learned from that failure, and now I’ve passed every following assignment in this class. One of my high school teachers explained to me that the grade norm in college is much different than that in high school. For example, when you get a “B” or “C” in high school, it seems like the end of the world. However, a “B” or “C” in college is considered pretty average, and if you get an “A”, you’re unbelievably on top of your work …show more content…
Like I stated in the beginning, the first essay I wrote in this class definitely was a huge hit in the face. After that, I looked through different student examples that you provided and I also found some on my own. In high school, annotated bibliographies were always very challenging to me. I never liked to read the long articles and then summing them up were even worse. However, with these articles, there’s no way possible you can just skim over paragraphs. You actually have to put in the effort and read, or there is no way you’re going to get an accurate representation of the article as a whole. It was very time consuming and it took me at least seven hours to write my annotated bibliography for our argumentative essay, but I received one of the highest grades in the class, so the pain was definitely worth it. Like I stated earlier, the grading system is much different than what my generation is used to. So I feel very accomplished knowing that my grade is a ninety-four and on every paper I’ve made an A plus. Writing has become more of a second nature to me and I have this class and Mrs. Keffer to thank for
In high school, we were always treated like children. Teachers extended deadlines, we received remind messages to study and there were no given responsibilities. We were also provided with thorough …show more content…
As a result of this, a good percentage of those that graduate each year, leave school and have no clue what to do when they make their first mistake and are expected to fix it on their own. When I first started in this class, I was fixated on the fact that I always made A’s in English throughout my life, so I didn’t change anything about my writing. However, I quickly figured out that the standards for this class, were much higher than what I was used to. The first test was on Researching News Media, I received a sixty-eight as my grade. From that moment on, I knew I had to be responsible and actually work for a better grade. I definitely learned from that failure, and now I’ve passed every following assignment in this class. One of my high school teachers explained to me that the grade norm in college is much different than that in high school. For example, when you get a “B” or “C” in high school, it seems like the end of the world. However, a “B” or “C” in college is considered pretty average, and if you get an “A”, you’re unbelievably on top of your work …show more content…
Like I stated in the beginning, the first essay I wrote in this class definitely was a huge hit in the face. After that, I looked through different student examples that you provided and I also found some on my own. In high school, annotated bibliographies were always very challenging to me. I never liked to read the long articles and then summing them up were even worse. However, with these articles, there’s no way possible you can just skim over paragraphs. You actually have to put in the effort and read, or there is no way you’re going to get an accurate representation of the article as a whole. It was very time consuming and it took me at least seven hours to write my annotated bibliography for our argumentative essay, but I received one of the highest grades in the class, so the pain was definitely worth it. Like I stated earlier, the grading system is much different than what my generation is used to. So I feel very accomplished knowing that my grade is a ninety-four and on every paper I’ve made an A plus. Writing has become more of a second nature to me and I have this class and Mrs. Keffer to thank for