only have I grown immensely as a reader and writer‚ but as a critical thinker as well. Coming into this course‚ I always felt as if my strength in academics was English. Starting in elementary school‚ I had continuously been placed in advanced English classes; this continued throughout high school. It has always been evident to me that there was room for improvement in my reading and writing‚ but it was not until the completion of this course that I understood to the extent of growth that I was capable
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When walking into my first period class as high schooler‚ I pictured myself as a well-rounded writer. My impression suddenly changed after a few weeks in Ms. Giroux’s class. As I received my first ECQ grade with a blood-inked C written in the corner‚ I realized I was going to have to put a lot more effort into my writing. I began to spend more time and put tedious details in my writing while doing deep revisions after my paper was complete. Towards the beginning of the year‚ my writing lacked creativity
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Some people look at writing as a tedious process; they are right. I‚ like many other students‚ may feel as if it is a full time job. I have to make sure that I start out correctly‚ recheck my work‚ see what I can do to make it better‚ and submit my final piece for evaluation. However‚ I feel like I may have sparked something inside: a little seed that used to be there a long time ago. In high school I enjoyed English class especially when it came time to keep a journal. I dreaded it of course
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The purpose of the cheese making lab was to determine which curdling agent‚ when added to milk‚ produced the most amount of curds‚ as well as the curdling agent that produced curds the fastest. It was expected that buttermilk would produce the most amount of curds and Chymosin would produce curds the fastest. In reality‚ both buttermilk and Chymosin produce the most amount of curds‚ and Chymosin produced curds the fastest‚ which is in line with the hypothesis. Both buttermilk and Chymosin produced
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grade I have improved on my writing in one way or another. Since the beginning of the school year I have always struggled with writing. I never knew what to write or where to start but‚ as the year went on I struggled less and began to find a better starting point easier. There were somethings that I always found were easier for me to complete than others. Finding quotes to support my opinion was hard but‚ once I found that quote it was easy to explain how it related to my topic. At the start of
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it by adults" Whilst completing this project on spoken language‚ I discovered aspects of my own personal speech (also known as idiolect) and the variation between people’s language due to their culture and environment. Living in north London for fifteen years I have had many experiences which shapes my idiolect to what it is today. Three main factors which have influenced me the most are my family‚ my friends and the media such as internet‚ music and TV. As a teenager myself I feel that the
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entirety of my 12 years on this earth‚ I was going to be away from my friends and family for the first time. When I told my friends I was going away to Camp Speers for a week they all had similar reactions‚ usually along the lines of “You mean that place we visited in 6th grade with the powdered eggs?” Most confused on why I would choose to spend a week of my summer getting eaten by mosquitos and away from the comfort of dramatic TV shows and a computer mouse. These concerns clouded my mind as I
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Over the course of my high school career I have managed to pinpoint my strengths and weaknesses as a writer. I critique myself in all aspects of my life due to my highly competetative personality so it should come as no suprise that this includes my writing. My list of weaknesses are indeed much longer than my strengths but that list continues to expand. The most grade damaging habit I have‚ as do many others‚ is procrastination. Its an epidemic that sweeps through high schools across America and
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9 definitely did wonders to teach me about persuasion. Through learning about “The Tragedy of Macbeth”‚ I have come to understand‚ better‚ a whole new perspective‚ or angle‚ of what persuasion is. No longer is it a fuzzy idea of a letter to Santa in my head. I have discovered that persuasion is‚ in fact‚ a very powerful tool that can help people to achieve many things‚ both good and bad‚ and have learned the tips and tricks that make persuasion more effective. Persuasion is convincing others to
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that they take away from children reading. Then the author presents the reasons that reading is so good for people. However‚ the author then says that a lot of the criticism about video games is because they are being judged by old standards by people who believe reading is the main way for children to learn skills. He asks the reader to think of a world where video games came before books. Then he argues that the criticisms of books would look a certain way. The criticisms are the author’s way of showing
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