Expanding my knowledge

I have always felt confident in my ability to write and express myself. I did very well throughout all my school years up until I hit English 101 this past year. It definitely opened my eyes and made me realize the difference between high school and college English. I managed to barely get through English 101 and how blessed I am to have landed in our current course English 103. It has definitely been an experience in itself being challenged in such ways it caused major frustration and at points almost overwhelming. Now that we are three-fourths of the way there I am glad I hung in there. I have learned and expanded my ability to do things I never experienced or thought of doing. I still struggle with things here and there but continue to do the assignments and allow them to assist me.

All the writing assignments and multiple critical thinking work has allowed me to start to think about things a lot more. I have started to ask many more questions when faced with situations and realize how these questions that are assigned to the readings allow us to understand the passages a lot easier. These critical thinking questions have also assisted in the writing assignments that have been assigned. When I start to critically think I come up with more information for my paper and new conclusions. It has paid off immensely and will continue too as the course goes on.

As our English103 course starts to wind down I have seen 2 essays that literally made my stomach ache when I seen the instructions; I did not think I could complete the assignment. After I sat down for hours trying to figure out what to do, with some help from the smart thinking crew, compliments of avc.edu , I actually wrote a good paper. I do not feel like I am a pro at writing analysis papers now after that one, but I do feel confident and now know what I am actually supposed to do. The current synthesis essay we are working on is most likely going to have the same effect on me. The multiple drafts she allows helps me to get an understanding and improve my work every time.

I enjoy writing essays on more personal levels and opinions, however the assignments that Ms.Gross has assigned throughout the course has helped me to become comfortable writing other things. I am starting to see the value in writing assignments and all the work that has been assigned throughout my school years. I will use all the techniques and skills taught to us and all the skills gained to further any paper or assignment from here on out. My writing can only improve from here and I have slowly started my way through this course. Despite what difficulties I have run into along the way, I can see improvement in my writings and I am satisfied with that, I look forward to gaining more knowledge and being able to meet the criteria for that “A” paper.