Creative nonfiction

English 111-06 has helped me improve in many areas this semester of college. During English with Dr. Kennedy I’ve learned to focus on my participation, performance, progress, and process in my classes. My overall performance in English this semester, I feel was very good, and I am satisfied with how I did in the class. This class has also helped me improve on my writing conventions, how to conduct proper research, and my overall skill development. Participation was one of the main areas I had…

When I started English Composition 1 class, I felt that I needed to improve my writing skills. Most of what I had learned in high school was different than that of my college English course. During this semester, our class worked on several different types of essays which included basic argument essay, rhetorical analysis, synthesis essay, and finally a reflective essay. After almost completing the course, I feel like I have grown to become a more prepared writer because of all the useful…

Tan was a language lover, she enjoyed writing about things that readers can be able to visualize. She would give speeches about her writing and life. Tan uses two different English’s she uses one on a daily basis and the other one when she is around her mother. Her mother understands some English words, but not many. Tan and her mother’s first language is not English. It was very hard for Tan to become a writer. She received a lot of criticism about her writing. It was also hard for her to write…

Writing has always been a struggle for me for as long as I can remember. I find it difficult to put my thoughts on a paper, especially if I have to do it in another language. Some people think that as long as they can speak a language or communicate with other people, it is enough. However, these people are totally wrong. People do not only need to speak a language fluently, but they also have to be able to write it. That’s the reason why I started focusing on my writing ability. I brought some…

In “The Creative Class” from the Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life (2004), Richard Florida who is the director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, gave the reader the idea about new socio-economic class which create ideas and alteration rather than products and is the driving force. In this article, Florida also mentioned about two main layers of creative class including Super-Creative Class and Creative Professionals. This two main…

One day, my senior year in high school, we were handed three different narratives prompts. The rules were simple pick one of the prompts and write about it. Easy right? At the time, the prompt that stood out to me the most was, “think of a time when you taught someone something important.” I pondered the topic for sometime and what finally popped into my head was a great experience when I was in the seventh grade. In one of my classes there was an autistic kid, and I had the fulfilling privilege…

Throughout my years of high school I have learned many things. Some of the things I have learned are meaningful in life. Other things that I have learned are useless because they will never be applied in life. One of the things that I have been required to use in every subject which I dread the most is writing. The requirement of writing in every class has brought out my flaws of putting thoughts down on paper. The massive percentage of my writing was used in my English courses. Throughout the…

The Note It was late September of my 8th grade year. We sat on the edge of our seats in Ms.Hansen’s class, watching every tick of the clock pass by. We anxiously awaited the clock to strike 2:00 that Wednesday afternoon. Unanimous silence fell upon everyone as the minutes ticked closer. Silent prayers and worries for him consumed our minds. We couldn’t believe Jacob was going in for surgery any moment. Just days before his four-wheeler accident Jacob and I were passing notes in class, laughing,…

Last year when I joined Columbus state Community College, the first thing that disheartened me was, I have to take three consecutive English classes. I am planing to join health care, and I will apply for Medical Imaging in 2016. Moreover all my education was from India; I had to complete ESL classes also. I was thinking really!! What are they going to teach me? Right now I am at the end of my last English class, which is ENG1100, and I can realize now why I needed all this classes. The four…

The paper should be 8-10 typed (word processed) pages, 12 cpi, and follow the attached guidelines for written assignments. Using the service-learning project, the cultural self-study, and the in-class reflections, discuss what you have learned. What surprised you? Has your thinking/perspective about particular issues changed? Did you become aware of the subjective nature of value judgments? Why or why not? Can you find any support in the literature for your position? Provide evidence of…