I have mixed feelings about reading and writing. Well, not as much reading as writing. ... Writing, on the other hand, is often dull. ... The assignments were all "write about anything, but in this way", but I didn't like that way, so I would use it as more of a rough guideline. ... That completely changed my perspective of the writing process. ...
After I crossed this hurdle, I would get an assignment and have no problem writing my feelings. ... I began writing this assignment and quickly had four pages. ... As time went on, assignments only got harder, but I also learned more and more about writing and grammar, which would help me in my later assignments. In junior high I had a great deal of writing assignments, which did not have very detailed instructions. ... That is why my senior paper, the hardest writing assignment I have ever had, is the highlight of my writing experiences. ...
One thing that I have always been told is that I have to expand my thoughts and ideas in order to improve my writing. ... One of my greatest weaknesses is waiting until the last possible moment to complete an assignment just because I do not want to write the paper. This year I am going to learn how to manage my time and try to have the writing assignments done day before they are due, that way I have time to read the assignments over and make any changes that it may need. ... Throughout my high school career, I have only had one teacher that claimed that my writing was not good enough. ... Th...
At the collegiate level, my writing coursework became even more intensive, both in time invested in any given assignment as well as the complexity and professionalism of the completed piece. ... For the purpose of completing assignments, sometimes the use of rhetorical analysis was nonnegotiable. However, throughout the repetition required for assignments, I became very comfortable with the concept of rhetoric. All in all, WRA 150 has absolutely catalyzed my lifetime improvement of the complexity of my writing. ... With the literacies I have been exposed to and practicing for the entire semes...
The first memories I have of writing are painful at best. My middle school years were the toughest years of writing for me. We wrote in numerous writing styles. ... When I was struggling in class with a writing assignment she would help me along the way and tutor me after school to better myself for future writing assignments. ... I could surf the internet for ways to better my writing skills or chat with an online tutor about different ways I could learn a different writing style. ...
The most inspiring thing about it was the assignments that I did, the teacher and the books I read. The Assignments that were given to me in my English class in high school were things such as poems, and character analysis. ... I think that my English teacher helped my writing improve tremendously, and over the years I have seen improvements from using her techniques. ... I think this helped me with my writing a lot, especially in fantasy writing, because I could make up a lot of crazy things. ... I also thought that the books, teacher and assignments that I had all were major factors in...
The most inspiring thing about it was the assignments that I did, the teacher and the books I read. The Assignments that were given to me in my English class in high school were things such as poems, and character analysis. ... I think that my English teacher helped my writing improve tremendously, and over the years I have seen improvements from using her techniques. ... I think this helped me with my writing a lot, especially in fantasy writing, because I could make up a lot of crazy things. ... I also thought that the books, teacher and assignments that I had all were major factors in...
First, I learned that writing is a learned skill and not necessarily something one is born with. ... For instance, I have been able to achieve better than average scores on my class assignment, quizzes, and essay's. ... But my main reasons for not writing have been my poor penmanship and spelling skills. ... For instance, in my essay four assignment, I included an opposing view to my conclusion on the debate over addiction being a disease or the result of bad behavior. ... Although this essay did not require research and cited sources, it is evidence that English 101 has improved my writi...
You plagiarize deliberately if you copy a sentence from a book and pass it off as your writing; if you summarize or paraphrase someone else's ideas without acknowledging your debt; or if you buy a term paper to hand in as your own. ... Academic penalties include such sanctions as assignment of a failing grade for a particular course requirement, or for the course itself, or for other tests or program assignments. ...
Some of the major improvements of my vocabulary happened in those writing courses I took in my first three semesters at STLCOP. Even in those writing courses, I was assigned to read at least one story or article before the class. ... Those writing courses were primarily focused on how to become an effective writer by avoiding mechanical errors, while this literature course will be more focused on evaluating the elements of non-fiction works. This literature course of creative non-fiction is based on reading than writing. ... I want it to become an accomplishment, not an assignment, and I feel...
A TEXTURE OF STUDENT"S LIFE In our life there are four stages "not the stages we play in Mario". The first stage is as a child, then student, followed by adult, and then old. We enjoy eighty percent of life's happiness when we are student. This is some what being experienced by a student...
It is more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. ... Most remediation occurs in reading, writing and math. ... People can get frustrated because of the large amount of money spent for those classes and by the end of the day credit will not be given, this discourages the students from doing or performing well in classes, skipping and ignoring assignment which in the long run leads them to dropping out of the school completely. ... For example, if a student attends classes and attempt assignments, there will be little or no time to perform criminal activities due to their involvement in schoo...
For example in Maryland, "wWhat started as a school assignment for three friends at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, has become their passion" (Ezarik). ... What started as an This assignment turned into a dream, and "oOver time the founders of MUSE have watched their dream become reality" (Ezarik). Due to a mandatory assignment these students started a program that helps others and whose success taught them that with hard work and aspiration your dreams can come true. ... For example Rachel Doyle from Nevada, "spent months writing grant applica...
It was June 26th, 1988 the day I graduated from high school. I still remember that day as if it was yesterday; I was so relieved to be done with school. I was an average student my GPA was around 2.7. I had no intentions of going to college; school and myself were like oil and water; the two doesn't...
It was broken into nine separate sections, each educating the reader on assignments to follow. The writing was fairly basic, thus the elaborate reference to types of reading was often challenging to understand. ... I know this class will be different than all the other classes I have taken because it is my first college writing class. ...
The group assignments, and the guest speakers were all a very good hands on approach to learning about the different paths in the health care system, and I liked how it kept the class interesting for me. ... I plan on keeping organized, staying motivated, and completing all my assignments so I can impress my professors and make my parents proud. Right now I consider myself a B+ student but I hope to develop better reading/writing skills so I can become an A+ student. ...
Lets visualize a class of thirty students ranging from the age of six to eight years, now, all these children are incapable of reading, writing legibly, and in two or three cases unable identifying the letters of the alphabet. ... This is no easy assignment. ...
I have gone through the Syllabus and through the Course Calendar and have marked assignments due on my calendar. ... Another short term goal would be to be able to complete my papers in enough time to submit to the Center of Writing and Excellence. ...
It used to be a required reading assignment for freshmen at Muskogee High School, but now has been transferred out of the classroom and to the back of the library shelf. ... For instance, Oscar Wilde stated, "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all", meaning that controversial writing is what makes you truly think. ...
