Nov. 15 @ 6 pm: Exam 2 – will cover material thru Thursday, November 8.…
My first semester here at UIC I was obligated to take English 160. I can honestly say I thought I would be easily passing this course. I was used to the 5 paragraph essay in high school and assumed that things would be the same in college. After writing my first project for English 160 I felt invincible until I received my graded paper. I had no idea what I had done wrong because I had done so well in high school English. Finally I realized that I had to pick one theme for an entire paper and elaborate on it completely. Even though it took some time I felt…
I have learned many things while attended English 1101. I have learned that I can improve in writing, which I never thought possible. Although I still need a lot of work I feel I have improved. I never wrote essays in high school because I switched schools all the time. I used to completely hate writing essays, but now depending on the type of essay I actually enjoy it.…
*”Touch me-touch the palm of your hand to my Body as I pass;” = reminds of Eve…
English 1101 was not like I expected. I came into the class thinking this was going to the hardest class I have ever taken. Turns out that the class was one of the easiest subjects I have taken this semester. There were only a few essays that had to be written which was good and bad thing at the same time. My grade was pleasing considering the fact that I am only a sophomore in high school. The class will be every beneficial in the future; when it is all over I will appreciate taking the course. While the structure of the class was not put together well, the English 1101 class turned out to be manageable.…
My reaction to the story was disbelief, it was hard for me to fathom anyone much less an entire village agreeing to such barbaric practices and creating and following a tradition where you stone and hurt or kill family and friends.…
I don’t think my job is what’s typically listed out for people, but I think it a job that actually does utilize a lot of my strengths even if there are many element of it that aren’t ideal for me and that require me to play more of an extroverted role than I’d naturally preference also, I’m not passionate about the industry I am in. I’m a Daycare Provider that requirement lots of children’s. So, I spend my days in meeting working with parents with children’s that need looking over while they go to work. I find that I am able to work with people actually don’t mind me keeping they children’s. I work with people that not offended by the communication modes and reaction on behavior children I have to teach. I can also work well with elder people. I know that this is going to be a challenge against what I supposed to be. According to theory and what’s I said on my application. But two of the children I work with is handicap so I bump head with the parent with my major I get off on the wrong foot with them and can’t ever get back on the right track so I had to remove them, so I have two position opened.…
I approached this semester with dread. Most of my life I have made a conscious effort to avoid writing classes at all costs. Not for lack of ability, rather a lack of interest. Thus was my mentality entering into my semester of English Composition.…
Women generally are scared to ask for help for the fear of the one causing their violence may…
English 101 has been an amazing class and I feel like I have grown more than I expected. I was apprehensive about taking an English class because I have been away from school for almost seventeen years. I have not written an essay since 1996 and I knew many things have changed. I was especially concerned with citations. However, I found myself being able to work though citations with little effort.…
When the semester began I thought to my knowledge that my writing was that of good quality. Though I had a good basic understanding of the format of an essay or letter I still had a lot to learn. My writing changed in many ways such as learning to eliminate unnecessary wording in my thesis, the use of synonyms, analyzing quotes and writing abstract to concrete thoughts or ideas. This Class not only helped enhance my writing abilities but to also better evaluate the writings of others and forced me to acknowledge the rigorous work of future courses in college.…
This semester has had a lot of work especially in English II, but I’m glad it was like that because I have learned a lot in my English class. I’ll be talking about a few things that I learned this semester. Like discrimination, debating, and how to convince people to change their mind about something.…
This year in college Studies I focused on the Critical Thinking subjects of Ethical Issues and Communication. Focusing on Ethical Issues and Social Responsibilities forced me to think of the issues at stake in the America and world, also what the consequences of my actions are on society. In order to reflect my learning of this subject I chose two papers which I used as my reflection essay for end of the semester. The first one is titled “Human Rights”. It forced me to look at the history of human rights and how they have been abused in the past or how they might be getting abused today. The second paper I chose to represent Ethical Issues and Social Responsibilities is titled “Power of Communication”. This semester forced me to do tons of research using books from Mesa College, UCSD and SDSU libraries, Journals, Magazines, and the internet. I learned a great deal from researching and writing.…
I am a 23 year old who is going back to school for my first time in 7 years. English is one of the courses I signed up for, not only because it is a requirement, but I see it as a necessity. For me to be successful in college and whatever career I choose, I believe adequate reading and writing skills is important. My history with reading and writing has definitely had its ups and downs throughout my life.…
What is writing? Writing can be to inform, educate, entertain, persuade and motivate someone. Writing expresses who I am as a person. It’s a process of decision making, thinking, planning, drafting, and revising that takes lots of time, commitment, and understanding to really help me develop my ideas and put them on paper. It allows others to give me feedback were improvement is needed. In English 1101, I learn to create an outline and organized my essays.…