Once I began English 101 I will admit that I was worried that I wouldn 't meet the expectations of college writing. In my past high school career I did well as a writer but many times have I been told that I lack a handful of writing skills. Such as grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and as we called it flow. I wasn’t able to keep my readers attention and I felt as if my writing skills were below average. As I began my first semester of college I was anxious about how I would turn out in my English class. To my surprise it wasn’t that bad and I saw what i was capable of and what I can do to improve my writing. As a result I have ameliorated my writing skills and capability. With all my experience as a writer I believe I am ready to advance into my next class.
I was delighted to receive praises from my current professor and my fellow classmates. Some frequent comments I have received from them were on how interesting my writing is , how I give a good amount of background information, and how I have provided a good quantity of …show more content…
I believe these areas are the most difficult for me because I can’t grasp the habit of correcting these mistakes. The most difficult for me are both tenses and mixed sentences. I believe I will be able to improve on these areas by the time my next english class begins.
Before I would approach an in-class essay very leisurely. I wouldn’t have someone revise my work before turning it in nor would I pay much attention to how I write. Now I do the opposite. It was very worthwhile and beneficial having someone else revise my work and letting me know how I could improve. My English 101 class has taught me to look closer at my writing and see my work in a new perspective. Not only that but it has taught me a modern way to cite my outside sources. I was never that the traditional MLA format has been
I was delighted to receive praises from my current professor and my fellow classmates. Some frequent comments I have received from them were on how interesting my writing is , how I give a good amount of background information, and how I have provided a good quantity of …show more content…
I believe these areas are the most difficult for me because I can’t grasp the habit of correcting these mistakes. The most difficult for me are both tenses and mixed sentences. I believe I will be able to improve on these areas by the time my next english class begins.
Before I would approach an in-class essay very leisurely. I wouldn’t have someone revise my work before turning it in nor would I pay much attention to how I write. Now I do the opposite. It was very worthwhile and beneficial having someone else revise my work and letting me know how I could improve. My English 101 class has taught me to look closer at my writing and see my work in a new perspective. Not only that but it has taught me a modern way to cite my outside sources. I was never that the traditional MLA format has been