From all the classes I’m taking
this semester, I feel the most successful in Math 150. I feel good in that
class because I actually know what I am doing. People come to me when they need
help and it always makes me happy to know that I can help people out,
especially when it comes to math. This is the only class that I don’t feel
nervous in when I have to present or do a problem on the board because my whole
class gets along so well. No one judges in that class and we have the best math
professor out there. It makes me sad because I may never see like half the
people in my class next semester, but at least I know I made the most out of
this great experience of making new friends and being able to help people out
who really struggle in math. Maybe this is a sign that I should just become a math
tutor.
An assignment that made me feel least successful was the first essay I wrote for my English 100 class. Actually, it was all three of them. I came out of high school thinking that I was a good essay writer because I would get mostly A’s or B’s on them, but the first essay I wrote in college disappointed me. I got a C-. I really thought I did well because I put a lot of effort into the essay, but that’s not the reason why I got a C-. It’s because I only wrote the minimum number of pages which is three. I got really upset because she didn’t tell us that if we only wrote the minimum, we can only get a maximum of a C. On my next two essays, I wrote three and a half pages, and she still gave me a C. I guess I’m not a good essay writer after all. But getting to the third essay, I got a C+ instead of a C- so at least I know I’m improving little by little. Hopefully she’ll see improvement in my later essays. What I need to do to improve my essay writing before the end of the semester is have a strategy. Maybe I need to read the writer’s reference more and follow on how to write a good thesis because that is what I’ve been having trouble with. Also, have a few different people read my essay so that I can have them catch the mistakes that I missed. I heard that peer review really helps. Also, go to my professor during office hours and go over what I need to do in order to get higher grades on my essays.
An assignment that made me feel least successful was the first essay I wrote for my English 100 class. Actually, it was all three of them. I came out of high school thinking that I was a good essay writer because I would get mostly A’s or B’s on them, but the first essay I wrote in college disappointed me. I got a C-. I really thought I did well because I put a lot of effort into the essay, but that’s not the reason why I got a C-. It’s because I only wrote the minimum number of pages which is three. I got really upset because she didn’t tell us that if we only wrote the minimum, we can only get a maximum of a C. On my next two essays, I wrote three and a half pages, and she still gave me a C. I guess I’m not a good essay writer after all. But getting to the third essay, I got a C+ instead of a C- so at least I know I’m improving little by little. Hopefully she’ll see improvement in my later essays. What I need to do to improve my essay writing before the end of the semester is have a strategy. Maybe I need to read the writer’s reference more and follow on how to write a good thesis because that is what I’ve been having trouble with. Also, have a few different people read my essay so that I can have them catch the mistakes that I missed. I heard that peer review really helps. Also, go to my professor during office hours and go over what I need to do in order to get higher grades on my essays.