As we enter the last week of class , we’ve been told to have a Final Reflection blog post to end off the semester for English Composition I. This English class has been a blast and hopefully I could use the stuff I was taught and the stuff I learned to help somebody the same way I was helped
This class has taught me a lot more than I’d expected. It was days where I was having a bad day and thinking about dropping out but by the end of day all I could think about was how good class was. Most of the time I was grateful that I came in the class because it changed the way I viewed things. For instance I hated writing essays in High School, especially since we had to follow the T-Chart process. Making a chart and then writing a rough draft made me not want to do anything because of how many steps it was. I like to get straight to the point and in this class we had our own process and that’s what makes it so different from the others.We all had the same goal, which is to make meaning but a different process for each person. The class made me look at writing differently. Instead of looking at it as a punishment I looked at it as something that I like to do sometimes.Once again I say it’s probably the most thinking I’ve had to do in forever. The podcast and youtube videos help me with my Writing Process. The “three good things” process had a big impact on my process. It gave me motivation and made me become grateful for a lot. I remember not being able to write a paragraph without counting my sentences but now I start a new paragraph with a new topic. For a lot of people that’s not much of an improvement but to me it means a lot. The people in our class are different , everybody is not all drowsy and just quiet. Everybody was so open-minded and so positive to each other. The feedback that the class gave everyone was amazing. Everyone have their honest opinion on every single thing. Nobody agreed with you to make you feel better or to not be the bad person they spoke up about how they felt. I actually listened to the criticism and took what they said and learned from it. Dr. Seligman was and hsi PERMA model made me look at everything differently. I even watched his video on Ted Talk. The way i’ve grown in the past three and a half months from this class is amazing. My first day I thought I wouldn’t make it but after having doubts , I noticed it wasn’t the class it was me not working hard enough and I wasn’t working up to my potential. As much as I struggled through this course I Iearned so much from it and I will be able to use the knowledge and the process for probably the rest of my life.
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10/29/2018 0 Comments MID-TERM REFLECTION Blog Post #8 was written about our mid-term review and we were given a Refletion writing video on what to do. We had to give 3 primary intrinsic goals and write about it
My experience in this class so far for me is great because in High School if we had a 300 word essay I never even touched the computer , so to be doing essays that’s at least 500 words every week it’s interesting.It’s definitely not easy adjusting to doing work if that makes sense lol. I give credit to everybody who completes these essays.So writing essays every week in this class I can tell that I’ve grown. I used to hear the word essays and say “nope onto the next”. So the simple fact that I’m even trying shows me that I’m actually changing and not giving up so easily.Everybody has written a essay before and of course I have too just on popular topics. Such as Drake and Drew Brees who are my two favorite people in the world. My writing identity paper was written ok in my opinion, I didn’t really understand the topic itself to explain that well. But after reading twice I picked up some new information. Learning by reading is difficult I’d rather listen. I have grown so much since then though , my blog post have become way easier because I already know what I wanna write about before I leave the class or I have something in the future that I’m gonna do that I could write about. Writing isn’t easy i thought i was dyslexic at first. So for me not to struggle as much as i use to i know that I’m making progress and I’m actually trying. My writer identity isn’t really organized when I tell my story it’s usually in the order of importance not in the order of events and time. I think I should work on that as a writer but for me it seems right which probably really isn’t. My first intrinsic goal is to help my viewers learn a lot about me and my writing process which I’m still working on. I hope someday to get one of my story published but not actually pursue a book writing career. My 2nd goal is to make my readers laugh but also understand the concept of my writings. Basically turning a serious story into more of a funny story but having the same lesson and theme. Only because the simple fact of reading stories you say stuff like “why did he do that” and “I feel bad”. I’d rather them say stuff like “that was a funny way to say it”. I’m basically explaining myself in my writing process. My third goal is too actually have fun with it and work on my revising a lot more to have more interesting and enthusiastic stories. My stories are awesome in my opinion just needs a little bit more of improvement and I’m hoping to learn that by the end of the semester. |
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