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. First‚ I recall the apprehension on my first day. I remember thinking I was out of my league when trying
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English 101 11 October 2014 1. What is the cause or effect you are analyzing in your thesis? My cause and effect for my essay is the effects of smoking. 2. How have you explained the cause-and-effect relationship? I have explained the effects of smoking on saying why people start and how to quit. 3. Have I organized my causes and/or effects logically? I have organized it well and believe that it flows smoothly. 4. Have I concluded my essay effectively? I have concluded my essay well by finishing
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Mr. Yarbrough English101-52 December 3‚ 2014 Is Capital Punishment necessary? What is death penalty? Death penalty is when a state or the government issues the punishment of execution to some one who has committed a crime. It has always been one of the most highly debated issues in the United States. Many Americans are against the capital punishment or commonly knows as the death penalty because they fear its too expensive or there are religious reasons to oppose the death penalty or some other
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Promoting motivation and learning. College Teaching 38:136-39 Mcfadden‚ S.H.‚ and B Meredith‚ G. M. (1984). Diagnostic and summative appraisal ratings of teaching effectiveness.Perceptual and Motor Skills 59:993-94. Petri‚ H. (2004). Motivation: theory‚ research‚ and applications. Australia: Thompson/Wadsworth. Reinsmith‚ W. A. (1992). Archetypal forms in teaching. Westport‚ Conn.: Greenwood Press. Skinner‚ B. F.(1982). The Contrived Reinforcer‚ TheBehavior Analyst‚ Spring‚ pp. 3- 8. Thorndike‚ E. L. (1966)
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to accomplish? We come from a society that hands out education easily‚ however that education comes with a price. Jean Anyon explains this process through her research in From Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work. Anyon dissects the socio-economic class that determines the types of instruction students receive. Through her research one can compare her findings to Mike Rose’s narrative‚ I Just Wanna Be Average‚ to be true and insightful. Rose speaks of his high school life as an underachiever
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As I approach my last day of English 101‚ I’m reflecting on how my writing has changed throughout the semester..When I first came into English I knew that I was not good at writing‚ during my school years I struggle with grammar issue and sentence structure. while in English 101 ‚the assignment that I struggle with the most was the first paper. I never had to compare features between a scientific and scholar article before. I was having a hard time trying to understand what my teacher want from me
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limbs. I am always sure to come to English class because I know of my terrible history in this subject area. I have always struggled with English and before this semester had assumed that the college level class would be the death of me. As I read over the syllabus for this class it states that we will learn to understand writing assignments as a series of tasks and develop flexible strategies for generating‚ revising‚ editing‚ and proof-reading the assigned papers. I shuddered at the sheer thought
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Raed Aalashor Andria Reid English #101 April 11‚ 2014 Summary and Response of Steve Job’s TDX Speech In 2005‚ Steve Jobs gave a TDX speech at his Stanford University about his life‚ and how to be successful. Steve Jobs was hungry for success. This is what his three stories were about. In TDX‚ he gave a speech of three stories summaries his life. Steve Jobs’ first story was about connecting the dots; likewise this is was his hindsight. He gained it through his early life;
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Before taking this English 101-A course‚ I had a particular perception when it came to writing essays and English language. In High school‚ I was a really lazy student. As lazy as they can come‚ I was that times 10. For as long as I can remember I had always coasted through Elementary school and Middle school with really great grades. I would take honor roll courses and get straight A’s and 1 B almost every year. So by the time I had reached my first year in High school 9th grade‚ I decided I didn’t
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Linda Nguyen English 101 Three years ago my life changed dramatically. I was in college pursuing my bachelor’s for registered nursing when I found out I was pregnant. Right then I felt my dreams slip from under me. The scholarship I had worked so hard for‚ the job my dad slaved at over these past years to get me into the University I had begged him to send me to‚ all of that was gone. Fearful of the journey that had lain ahead for me; I had not yet planned what my next step in life was
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