What I Ve Learned In English Class

Most students have problems with mathematics, but for me, English has always proven to be a worthy foe. Therefore, I understood that going into English 1113 early might jeopardize my perfect grade point average. I spent a lot of time considering whether to jump right in to English 1113 or take another year of high school English. Fortunately, I decided to challenge myself. One mechanic I was especially concerned for was commas. Commas have always been troublesome, but after this class, I noticed tremendous growth in my understanding and usage of commas. Although many students believe they possess outstanding punctuation, I understood my comma usage was subpar, which assisted in the belief that I would struggle through this class. I always struggled with English, and I assumed this class would be the same because of the worrisome fables told by the students already enrolled. However, after I received my first essay grade, I saw no errors in my understanding of writing and formatting a …show more content…
During the next few weeks, the class worked on multiple comma assignments handed out by Mrs. Fleming because I was not the only one struggling. After a few unsatisfactory comma grades, I took it upon myself to personally ask Mrs. Fleming each time a comma related question. This allowed me to see the mistakes I was making when writing, and Mrs. Fleming was personally able to assist in the correction of my mistakes. From then on out, I spent the majority of my time revising my paper specifically searching for careless comma mistakes. The time I spent searching for comma errors paid off because I reduced the number of comma errors on my second paper to only one (“Benefits of Volunteering”). Although one or two errors is not perfect, it is expected on a rough draft. This led me to believe that over the past twelve weeks, I had become a more proficient and efficient