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Time Capsule

It’s finally the last weeks of the semester, and I noticed that I reached some of my goals. I gained confidence, started participating in more class discussions, and finally found my taste in style. At the beginning of the semester, I was terrified because this is my first year in college, and even though it is online, I still felt like I was in an actual classroom surrounded by people I don’t know. I broke out of my shell by speaking up and asking questions, and even starting a group chat for bio class. My writing has even improved, as well. Usually, when I’m assigned an essay, I get very nervous because I know my writing isn’t as good as it “should be”  however, now I feel more confident in my work. The only struggle I may say I have is reaching a word count because I explain my thoughts in a few words instead of expanding on my views. One of my biggest accomplishments was creating a video of me talking which absolutely felt uncomfortable. I even changed my style and I find that it really suits me better. As for the spring semester I hope to continue to grow as a writer and fix minor grammatical mistakes I always tend to make and also, find a job because I’ve been unemployed for a while now. I am glad that I decided to take this English class because not only has the professor been helpful but, my classmates have been as well!

 

Revision

I’m doing good about revision so far. I’m fixing some wrong words and deleting some sentences that not necessary to the article. I will add some descriptive elements in my article, that will make readers feel it happens on themself. I notice that I can find many things to fix at this time I read. I think this is a way to check my own work. The difference is the time, it makes me have a strangeness to my work. So I can find things normally I don’t see . It’s always hard to check your own work when you just finish it.

Time capsule Review

In the beginning of the semester I was very nervous and filled with anxiety. I remember I wouldn’t really start anything until I actually calmed myself down and took a deep breath. As for what I learned this semester, it was that I learned about how to enhance a peer review comment, I learned a lot from that Jamila Scott video on how all her languages or dialects are accepted, I learned about how to fix my writing. I also learned how that it is important to know your audience and genre when  doing any piece of writing. Throughout my first semester I have achieved my goals off coping with stress if I ever felt like it was there. I also had a classmate in two of my classes which was a huge help. We helped each other where it was needed and it was always a positive outcome afterwards. Something that surprised me would be a learning about an annotated bibliography. Even when I got back the grade I was so relieved but also proud of myself for doing well on that assignment and other assignments as well. Another goal would be that I am in the process of making an instagram page for my small hair business. Overall I am happy that I have stayed strong throughout my first semester of college even though it seemed like I was drowning at times.

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