this journal entry is to select my favorite and least favorite of the 5 written essays in Chapter 13. My favorite sample essay in Chapter 13 is “Bad Dog” written by Rachel Mays. The reason I chose this sample essay is because I am a dog lover and it really sparked my interest. My least favorite sample essay in Chapter 13 is “Speaking Quiché in the Heart of Dixie” by Gabriel Thompson. The reason I chose this sample essay is because it was too boring to hold my interest. The details in Bad Dog were very
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The first thing that I learned is that the writing process is rigorous and time-consuming. I learned that it is easy to make mistakes in writing, even the ones that google drive does not catch, so it is always good to go to the writing center between each draft. Also, I learned that during the writing process, I have to give myself the opportunity to really understand what I am writing about and why. Once I figured this out, I was
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The real-world implications of writing extend far beyond what many in my generation realize. Writing well is a craft which separates one from the crowd. Writing today that is open to the public sphere has become extremely informal. I find social media partially to blame for this. My generation is in a rush to get every thought out into the world and we want to share everything instantly. When we quickly type out our thoughts and hit send, we hardly reflect on our words or consider the implications
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I am tired but doing good this week. I am thankfully almost done with my midterms. This week has been busy, but I'm proud of myself and happy with the effort I have put into my studying. I have learned that I need to work on my time management skills a little bit, but overall everything has been going fine. My results for StrengthsQuest include the themes adaptability, responsibility, deliberative, relator, and harmony. I understood why I got responsibility, deliberative, relator, and harmony.
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Throughout all of high school, students are taught in minimal ways to produce “perfect” essays and present them so that when they get to college they can pass their classes. This means that high school teachers only teach them to write so specifically and in such a hard structured manner, that many students hardly ever learn to write papers that flow. In high school, I always wrote really nice papers that my teachers enjoyed grading, however, I always hated writing them because if I did not use the
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sometimes I will turn on some music on low volume. I prefer a computer because it is easier for me and others to correct my mistakes. I like writing one paragraph at a time. Once I am done with one I revise it then move on to the next one and repeat the process. Sometimes when I really get into it I finish the whole draft then revise but that does not happen very often. It would depend on what the writing is but typically I would not mind others reading my writing. The worst part about writing for me is
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So, I typed my little fingers off and picked up a few grammatical textbooks along the way. Every essay my grades got a little better, maybe he was going easy on me but I’ll never know. Concluding the year, I had to do my senior research paper, which I chose the topic of “The Brain in Love.” Precisely 15 pages later, I passed in my paper and earned an
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I will be honest, I intended to write this so much sooner than I did. Procrastination and laziness is a cruel and unavoidable temptation. I had planned to write on the first day of living at college, then I had planned to write after one month of living. Both passed and I was terribly lazy on both days. No more, I said. After hearing my roommate talking about how he loved writing for the online publication Odyssey, I decided it was time to swoop into action. I don't intend for this to be a blog
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During the beginning of my divorce I had contemplated living in my car because with my income I was not able to afford the rent and because of this experience I find myself emotionally drawn to the topic of affordable housing. Incidentally, I’m a homeowner candidate for habitat and my home construction will start in June of this year. Affordable housing is a real problem and can happen to anyone at any given time, a lost job, a divorce such as in my case, and/or an income problem. The most enlightening
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Research Project Presentation. ‘Teaching Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills’ was our chapter with Renita. Before starting to say my thoughts about our presentation, I have to say, she is a really good teacher and she helped me a lot during all process. I felt really lucky to work with her. At the beginning, both of us did not like this chapter, because the first pages of this chapter were too theoretical. However, after we saw different practices to use this method we really liked it. I found this
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