In The Time Of The Butterflies Reflective Essay

My favorite assignment has been every assignment dealing with the Mirabals sisters. I like every assignment dealing with the Mirabals sisters. I was not raised in the Dominican Republic I was raised here in New Jersey, so anything dealing with the Dominican Republic and me learning something new excites me. The book “In the Time of the Butterflies” has taught me that our mind is born innocent, but events and things mold your mind and makes you see/do things differently. Like Minerva’s mind was innocent (she was naive) when she was a little girl and then she learned things about Trujillo that made her see him differently, and she started to do things differently because she sneaked out of Inmaculada Concepcion because she was part of a group that was against Trujillo. The only part I did not like were the analytical question. I have enjoyed every discussion because if I was a bit confused, I would get unconfused. In my previous classes I’ve never had a discussion for every page of a book. Maybe because I understand the book so well is …show more content…
I am not receiving perfect As in my classes so I don 't think I’m working hard enough for college. The day I get all As and if they are A+ even better, is the day I will say that I’m working hard enough to prepare for college. Even though my grades are good for other people, they are not good for me, 90s are not enough for me. I do not conform myself with a 90. Also, I’m still not very good with analytical questions, I wish I had more practice with analytical questions, but not get graded by what I put, I want to be graded for trying. Analytical questions to me are a bit hard, I answer a basic question with a basic answer, which is wrong, you have to go more in depth, but how do you go in depth to a simple question? What I can do to be prepare for college is practice more analytical questions, and study more so I can receive