dear future student one advice would give to you guys is to keep track of I would give you guys is to keep track of your work and try to do your work on time
Category: Portfolio & Reflection (Page 2 of 5)
Throughout this course, I have learned that I’m a pretty strong writer. What it means to be a strong writer in my perspective is somebody who can write a thorough informative piece of writing. I can bring a whole topic into one clear understandable language for my readers i’m not perfect, no one is. There is always room for improvement. I always mess myself up with the little things. I have lost so many little points that added up all because I was rushing to get it done instead of taking my time to give in perfect work. Although I am a strong writer I can admit I am a very minimalist and lazy scholar. I struggle between procrastinating and procrastinating. That created an imbalance in the efficiency of my work which could have easily been fixed if I had carefully analyzed my work. I feel like the transition from High school to college was different for everyone. I feel like I slacked off a lot and it showed throughout my grades. I was honestly surprised with the grades I have received throughout the class as I feel like I’ve deserved way better grades. My head was in a different place than school so I can honestly say I don’t feel like I did my very best.
I have learned a lot of technicalities and skills in this class. I learned many studying tips and picked up different writing methods. I developed a new understanding of writing techniques that I already thought I knew well which brings me back to the point that High school and college are very different. The standards, the techniques, the methods..everything. I learned the importance of genre, tone, and authentic work. I will apply these further in college and real life whenever I put a piece of writing into the world. How you write and the formality of your work says a lot about you whether you believe it or not. I feel like my intelligence reflects through my writing so I have been careful in what I publish.
3 quotes from my writing
“The concept of education narrative genre is the way somebody perceives their emotional and overall experience through their education.”
” I appreciated the fact that my educators didn’t sugarcoat it for me or give their own biased opinion, they saw where I was coming from and why it was important. That ultimately shifted how I viewed my decision to enlist or not. I never really lost interest I’m just too cautious and refuse to give up my life for a society that will chew me up and spit me out every chance they get.”
“Motherhood is already tough within itself so if you go forward with a pregnancy knowing it is something you are not ready for the only person you hurt in the process is that child, and that wouldn’t be very pro-life now would it? “
I have learned how to write metaphorically. I feel like I have learned to write in a manner that you can vividly imagine what I’m writing about which is a great factor within my writing. I have taken the time to go over the feedback I have gotten from my peers and have noticed that they all find it hard to provide criticism considering I do provide good writing, They enjoyed my writing which has made me very confident in my work. It has encouraged me to keep writing and do even better. The way feedback from my peers made me feel better considering I started to hate the class. I felt like I was milking the same cow for the 15th time in a row. We were doing the same assignment with a twist in almost every unit which was easy but irritating and I feel like that is what made me lose interest and slack in my work and attendance. I overcame my desire to drop out by finding fun articles and reading real stories about people struggling to stay in school which motivated me to keep trying. My sister has a friend who did really bad as a freshman in college and now works in a children’s hospital and owns a Tesla. He single-handedly motivated me to keep pushing despite how annoying I found the class.
All in all it was irritating and boring sometimes but i appreciate what i have learned in the class and through Unit 1-3 i learned the importance of many attributes of writing that i disregarded while not fully comprehending their importance. I will go on with these skills and will apply for the rest of my life in and out a classroom.
WRITE: 750 words for your final portfolio assignment. Review ALL the writing you’ve done this semester (OpenLab posts, your in-class writings, reflections, major papers, even emails!). Use the writing that you started in class to work on this. See instructions below. You can post this on OpenLab, or you can email it to me separately if you’d like your reflection to be more private. This is worth 10% of your final grade.
Consider the following questions:
- What have you learned about yourself as a reader, writer and scholar this term?
- How will you be able to use what you have learned this term and transfer that knowledge to other writing situations—either in college or in your community?
- As evidence to back up your points, you must use at least three quotes from your own writing this semester in your reflection.
As you browse through your work, ask yourself about and take notes on the following questions (you don’t have to answer them all in your final reflection. These are just to give you some ideas.
- How would you compare/contrast work you did early in the semester to now?
- What was your favorite/least favorite assignment and why?
- What are some notable lessons that have stuck with you after completing certain assignments?
- What changed in your writing (reading, thinking) as the genres and assignments changed?
- How did you make decisions in your assignments about content and design?
- What were your early assumptions/beliefs about yourself and writing? Have they since changed? Explain.
- What was your experience revising assignments?
- Was there any peer feedback that stands out to you and why?
- What was particularly challenging for you in our course this semester and how did you overcome it (or attempt to)?
Please, be honest! I want to know your true and honest thoughts about how you thought this semester went in terms of your writing. Your writing should be organized in paragraphs (with some sort of reasoning as to the order), proofread, and have some evidence/analysis. Most importantly, I want you to be honest with yourself. You are the main audience here.
SUBMIT YOUR EVALUATIONS: Please find the email from NYC College of Technology Course Evaluations ( SPSSurveys@scantron.com ) and submit your course evaluation for this class. This will help me become a better instructor!
CATCH-UP: This is the last “official” assignment. Between now and December 20, you should be:
- Revising and resubmitting your Unit 1, 2, and 3 projects
- Catching up on OpenLab posts
- Catching up on Perusall readings and annotations
Email me if you have any questions!
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