...english ll I learned many things. Some of them got more of my attention than others and some of them were just not of my interest. Some of the things that I learned in this class are discrimination, a person’s life journey and how to debate. To begin with during the first weeks of school I learn a good lesson about discrimination. During the summer they assigned us to read a book called “The secret life of bees”. In this book there was a lady of black skin color who was discriminated by many people in the town. Many of them did not know her but they just made fun of her and molested her, but what they didn’t know was that she was actually a good working and proud women who was always trying to do something good for others....
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...thought about college was that I would come in and sit down in an hour class and take notes all day. That’s not the case some classes are hands-on and other are note taking classes. A thing I did not want to start doing was being late to class. This is a bad habit for me because I am generally late to my classes in high school. Which I get tardies and then that later turns into after school detention. How use to take note was I would copy everything word for word. Now I short hand all of my notes, because I could get all of the notes done in time. So I would go home and not have the right notes to study for a test. How I study for a test was I would just look over my notes and go to bed. Now I would look over my notes and make annotations on them. Sometimes I would ask another person to quiz me on some of the martial. Then I would review it before the test so it’s fresh on my memory. How I would manage was I would just put things and do something else. Now I get the projects and homework done on time. So I can have free time to do what ever I want to....
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...has helped me learned many things about what to expect in college. The first thing I learned in class was the location of the Writing Center. When I moved to college, I did not have a clue where any of the buildings were located. However, I soon learned where the Writing Center is located because we had a class there. It is important for me to know where the Writing Center is located because it is likely I will need to go there while I am in college. Another thing I learned in class was how to form an appropriate email. In class we had an etiquette email assignment. I always knew how to write an email, but I never knew how I should address a professor in college. I learned that for this class I could say “Dear Kate”, but if I emailed...
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...It is Monday morning, and my heart is beating violently as if it is trying to break out of my chest. While I get around for school, my mind is swirling around everything that I have to accomplish this week. Three quizzes, two tests, and nightly homework assignments are the academic-related tasks. In addition, I have to practice the songs I am learning at piano lessons and the dances my classmates and me are learning at dance lessons. Right after school I have a SEE (Students Educating Equality) Club meeting, and on Wednesday I have a Key Club meeting. In between all of this I have to take care of my puppy and finish my chores. I may be a little overwhelmed right now, but I know that I am capable of getting everything done while still finding...
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...sophomore year, I decided to make the jump and enroll in AP chemistry as my junior year science. The entire first semester of AP chemistry was an uphill battle and was riddled with failures. Any preconceived notions I had about my ability to succeed were seemingly shot down within the first 3 weeks of the class. There were concepts I had never learned and problems I wouldn't have dared touch in my sophomore chemistry class. After a long quarter of struggling, I knew that I needed to make a change. I decided to look at what I was doing wrong in AP chemistry, and what I was doing right in my other classes. As AP chem was the only AP I took junior year, the lens that I looked at it through was much different. I never had expected a class to require so much time after school. I had never experienced poor grades on tests I had studied hours for. Strategies that had worked in the past with other courses were ineffective for this one. Besides the grades, the ideas and thinking strategies I learned after that first quarter resonated throughout my life. Outside of school, I thought more critically about problems to solve, simple and complicated, in everyday life. I found that there are many more ways than one to get from point A to point B....
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...Growing up I always excelled in english and writing papers was a breeze for me. I would always get an easy A without much effort, but this course provided me with a real challenge. I found that the grading was much more critical and the content expected was at a much higher level than ever before. However, all of the challenges I faced in this class proved to beneficial to me as I did end up getting a better grade with each paper. This class brought me many great experiences and taught me countless lessons, some that will last a lifetime. One of most valuable lessons this class taught me was how to manage my time more effectively. I suffer from a bad case of procrastination, but the amount of time allotted for each of these essays didn’t give me time to do much procrastinating. I became much better at just writing instead of sitting and thinking what I should say. Then after I wrote my essay I went back and edited the content of my paper to bring it up to college level writing. I also found paper rater to be a big help with this because it helped to transform my high school level writing into something much more mature through the vocab tool it provides. All of these factors helped me to overcome my second nature of putting things off and I even have started...
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...I can’t believe it’s the end of the semester already, 2016 is going by fast! I had to take this course because it was one of the courses I had to take for my degree. As I sit back and reflect on this course, I am smiling because this course makes me feel confident that I have chosen the correct career path for myself. There were many valuable concepts I learned in this class that will be beneficial to me in the future. First, the feedback you gave me on the essays we completed in this class will help me become a better writer in the future. It’s important to write well if you want to be a writer in the future. Your feedback was clear and helped me see what I was doing wrong. I love that you were strict on grading the essays. Second, I enjoyed...
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...During this course I have learned there is in fact a great deal of work required, in writing. Throughout my lifetime, I have been required to write numerous essays and papers for various subjects, all requiring different styles and techniques. Before immersing myself in the writing process I would try and think of whom I am writing to and what I am writing about. I always assumed I was writing for the audience of my teacher. Writing an argumentative research paper is something I had yet to accomplish in my college career, not only was it thought provoking, this paper also challenged me in numerous ways, such as, understanding who I should be directing my thoughts towards throughout the essay, as well as the simple steps of organizing my thoughts...
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...There aren't many skills in this course I could bring into this class but the ones I could bring are my independent skills, my hard-working, and my enjoyment of writing. I’ve always worked hard during this course, always trying my best and not giving up. I've fairly enjoyed this class because I get to express my own opinions and thoughts and there's no such thing called the wrong answer. Independent work is what suits me the best when it comes to writing, I liked always being in charge of my own work and being able to know what mistakes I made as an individual.I personally know I'm not the best writer in the whole world but I also know I'm not the worst ,.. well hopefully... The stuff I need to work on in this class is my public speaking skills,...
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...this year I thought I was prepared for the freshman classes that I had heard about. Walking into Newton North on the first day of school I thought that everyone would stay in their own friend groups, my best friend would stay my best friend, and nothing would change. I was wrong. Throughout this year I think I changed a lot and strayed from who I thought I was going to be. I was confident in the beginning of the year, but not just with myself but with my friend group and my classes. Though my confidence with my new friend group has stayed the same I've began to question myself and who I was and am. I compare myself to others and I tried to be like everyone else. I also realized how hard I had to push myself to keep the...
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...This class wasn’t exactly what I expected, I was not ready and misjudged myself. The way I write isn’t any different, in my opinion, besides the fact I think more about what I’m writing if it's good, and having someone proofread it. This class showed me that I am not a writer, and don’t want to be one. I did not grow as much as expected as a writer, I thought I was going to get better with comma splices, but no improvement. I could improve more on my sentence structure, paragraph transitions, word choice, and my ideas could be more organized. I don’t know how I will compensate for this in the future, I honestly don’t. I guess when I have someone check it, to go over it with me on what I’m struggling with. From what I did learn, it would...
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...expectations were that I would only have to write my college essays. Even more, I came into the class expecting to make my college essay the best it could be and that was it. I didn’t expect to have write any other essays, but in the end it worked out for the better. Throughout the semester, I was able to develop and nurture my writing skills. Not only was I writing to get into college, but also to prepare for college. However, my overall approach to writing has changed for the better since first beginning Writing Seminar. At first, I based my writing on the basic 5 paragraph technique, but as I progressed through the year, I realized that writing doesn’t really have a specific technique, but instead revolves around the idea of being able to flow. After basing my writing on flow instead of...
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...Waking up one day and unable to feel or move your leg could be one of the scariest conditions that could ever happen to you. You went to sleep able to run, walk, jump, and to function in the fast-paced world, but what if you forced to start over, reteach yourself how to do all of those motions again. That was what was required of me in order to survive. I woke up, one cold December morning, with no feeling in my entire right leg because I just had surgery on my anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). I was unable to move my leg without some outside assistance. Life at that point was difficult. Knowing that I was going to relearn everything that I used to be able to do was an inevitable challenge. Everything I went through to be able to function in the fast-paced world is an analogy for how babies learn to walk for the first time....
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...The last time I took a series of test was last semester, they were my final exams. The way that I decided on how much time to spend studying for each subject was based on the grades that I had received in the class and how I did on test. If I had a class that I was strongly passing with an A, then that class went at the bottom of my studying list on account of I was already doing good and I would need to focus my time elsewhere on another subject. Same concept I used for if I had a low grade in the class such as a C, I know that I would need more time to look over the material so I would study that subject first. As I learned in my Econ 1102 class Economics is the study of choices. For instance in the future when I am faced with a decision...
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...I believe it is a human instinct that we try to be the best in many different fields, because we see that being “good” or the “best” brings the most happiness and success. While I believe happiness and success is important, the most important thing for my growth as a person moving forward is to be considerate and open to everyone and anything. Throughout Live, Learn, Lead I have discovered the many strengths and weaknesses that create Kailen Kiander, even though it may be difficult to accept. Through the many important and necessary materials focused on this past semester I have been built up, tore down, and most importantly transfigured by lessons that I fear may not have been possible without such an important course. If I have changed so...
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