What I Learned In English Class

As I began this course it was the one I was dreading the most. For as long as I remember I have been told my writing is terrible. As I began this course I realized it was not that I was bad at writing, it was the fact that I did not know correct mechanics or grammar and did not take it serious enough. I have learned so many new techniques and have improved as a writer. Although I will not say I love writing, I do not hate it. Within this class my best effort was for the personal narrative. I say this because it was about my best friend. This meant that not only would the professor be reading it, but I would be sending it to one of the most important people in my life, my best friend. I put more effort into that assignment because it mattered more to me and because it took a lot more effort to write an essay that defines me because I am the type of person who keeps her feelings to herself, instead of expressing them. I really had to dig deep to find my topic and write about it. The assignment I did not succeed in was probably the research paper. I understand that we picked our topic for this one as well, but I loathe research papers. I hope I did well, but I do not know yet. I did not put as much effort as I could have because life came in and distracted me. As problems began to flood in from back home my focus began to stray. I did have fun researching the topic, but I did not put in the time to make it
This allows me to believe I deserve an A, because I am always in class, I participate more often than most of our class, I worked hard on my papers, and I made my best effort to fulfill the course requirements. This course has been a blast. I have enjoyed learning the writing techniques and bettering my writing. Thank you, Professor Petrillo for making sure each student understood all the techniques and for giving us the tools to turn in outstanding