Segue Class Reflection

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A segue class is one that transitions you to another class. The English composition segue class is an excellent class to help students transition from high school to college, especially in writing. However when It first came to my knowledge that I had this class I did not believe this. I did not get out at of this class as much as I could of, however I did learn a lot. My experience as a segue student taught me writing, college, and even real world skills.
Throughout my life my struggle spot in school has been writing. Whenever I know that I need to write something I panic. However after English 099 I am a more confident writer. The advice my professor gave me has been very beneficial. She taught me grammar, organization of a paper, and how to write a thesis statement. However the best advice she gave me was to be confident in my writing. My professor would
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Coming into college from high school is a very big change. In college you have to grow up or else you will get drifted into the wind. Skipping class is very tempting because you will not get immediate punishment if you do so like in high school. As the semester started I skipped segue class a lot. To me it was an irrelevant class, and my teacher did not say anything to me when I did. However after the first big assignment I came to the realization that my friends that attended segue regularly received higher grades on it then I did. After that I learned my lesson. Also my professor lectured us about class attendance one day that she was feeling a bit frustrated. She said to us "Why are you all paying for a class you do not even come to, in that case you might as well just not waste your time in coming to college." With those few words I realized that the only way I was going to be successful in college is if I am in class. However being in class does not just mean being physically there, you also need to

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