From going to the gym, having some quiet time, reading some novels, managing activities, organizing and getting things done. All this proved to be a mess before beginning this course. You are right if the word “messy” came up in your mind. Aside from that I had to confidence or whatsoever to be a student who can handle school. I lacked that motivation and my life was going in no direction. Work-home-family and friends. That’s the typical cycle. Now my life has a purpose personally, academically,…
When the authors’ of They Say, I Say wrote about their student who did not re-read what he had previously written, I felt that the student must have been more focused on completing the essay than on the clarity of his paper. I always proofread my paper for sentences or ideas that do not make sense and will often delete or re-write sections to improve the flow or clarity of my essay. I don’t think that I have ever had an essay where I didn’t re-write portions of it. I found the strategies for…
What does it mean to be human? This question can be answered in million different ways. For myself, I had too many responses to choose from, either pressure, power, purpose, community, dreams, and so on. With a combination of all ideas, I ended up telling my story on how I have worked to create the best version of myself and continue to do so. From a different perspective, I wanted to trigger a larger crowd because Detroit is culture, traditions, and talents. I feel that everyone has small or…
Freakonomics Critique This article was really confusing to read. I didn’t quite understand what was going on until about mid-way through the paper because of how it began. The title was How Freakonomics is Ruining the Dismal Science, but that title and anything related to the book itself, didn’t even show up in the article until it was nearing it’s end. How is an author going to write an article and only have around 4 sentences even related to the title? It’s extremely misleading and not likely…
When I received me a write problem immediately ideas that I round me is about how I related or how many experiences with this. Then I try to write a list with my ideas and try to select things that I want to write and if is these things are good ideas or some problems when will try to explain but the most difficult part sincerely the most difficult part is to development my essay such ass I really loose when I do not have more experiences. Not it is essay when I need to related and I will make…
Conclusion What this essay seeks to achieve, at the end of all of this, is a vision of the new kind of scholarship Halpern calls on us to strive toward at the end of her essay: First, we might stop seeing our students’ growing distance from sentimental rhetoric— something I used to think of as proof of a job well-done—as an unmixed blessing. We should not let them forget or forget to value the kinds of reading practices they give up when they emulate currently dominant critical habits. In fact…
This semester for “The Character Experiment”, the first virtue I chose is managing my time. My procrastination has not been my best friend, or my friend at all. I constantly tend to put things off, and don't notice or seem to give much thought to the days that pass by. For example, this homework assignment is due on Friday and it is Thursday afternoon that I am completing the assignment. My procrastination causes stress, anxiety, and sometimes for my works to be turned in mediocre and not to my…
Although many of the religions in this class are ideas that I would think of as out of the ordinary and unusual, Shinto takes the cake for religions that are more of a mindset more than a religion – at least with the religions that we have covered in this class. Because I previously wrote about Shinto in my Philosophical research paper, I had a small understanding of it before we covered it in class. However, I learned a great deal more when we discussed it in class. I’ve found the country of…
The 20C Academic English course is a lot harder than my previous Academic English Courses. I tried my absolute best in every single assignment to improve and to prepare myself for 39A writing class. I have trouble in some areas for example in editing my own grammar errors, organizing my thoughts in writing assignments, and taking grammar quizzes. Despite, I find some obstacles in some areas I also find myself enhanced in other parts. For example, I used to struggle in writing thesis statement…
The Goals of an Aspiring Writer Sometimes in life, goals can change. What one inspires to be as a child, can turn in a different direction for many. I, however, took a different path in life. I am an aspiring screenwriter with a background of playwriting. I caught the writing bug about twelve years ago, after a slip and fall accident. To me, writing is more than just putting some words onto a computer screen. You have to have that passion and be driven to go the next level, and that’s what I…