me, and although it wasn’t always easy, the class wasn’t as bad as I expected. English Composition improved my writing craft and the length of my papers. When I first started this class I didn’t have much of an idea on how to create a well-written paper. I’m still not at the level I would like to be, but I have improved. I used to think that every paper written for school had to be formal, and you couldn’t start a sentence with “and” or “but” or with the same word for multiple sentences in a row
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As this semester comes to a close, one of my largest learning experiences has been within my English 300 class. Not only did I learn a great deal about my faults in my own writing and ways to grow stronger as a writer, but I have also gained insight on the topic of work. I had the opportunity to discuss amongst my classmates the ideology and personal feelings we associated with various forms of work. These collaborative discussions helped broaden my horizons on what I had once deemed noble and rudimentary
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My brain is utterly discordant. Ranging from ways to improve life to ways to stand out in society. Anytime I find myself standing out in public-most of the time looking stupid-I feel a sense of uniqueness. In the same sense I find myself thinking differently too. While others are thinking in or "out of the box", my ideas/thoughts have no boundaries; they're uncharted, off the grid. There is no box for me. There's just vast emptiness. I'm not saying that my head is empty, but it's full of playing
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It's seven thirty at night on January 1st, and I just deleted the entirety of my perfectly good essay that I started weeks ago. In my now deleted essay, I was wrong in thinking my dedication went above and beyond my peers. My dedication to my passions and interests is definitely admirable, but it isn’t exactly unique among my peers applying to Johns Hopkins. However, I do believe that using humor to deal with the daily challenges in front of me is unique among my peers. Running is really hard. It
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Unfortunately, my work schedule did not allow me to visit the writing center for my argumentative essay, but meeting with Dr. Kennedy who gave me constructive criticism helped me write a better essay. I also used the PaperRater to check for errors in my paper, and I plan on using it for this one also. I doubted my writing skills at the beginning of class, but I am sure I progressed over time with my writing
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problem was in general spelling. This class in general was for people who had difficulty with the MCA. What Ms. K told us, the people who were struggling with the writing MCA was to keep it simple and easy. If there was a word you could not spell don’t make a big deal about it dumbing down the word. When writing in general keeping it simple makes the word go round easer is what Ms. K said a lot. She would burn this in to our thoughts that the MCA people that check the what you wright love when students
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1. Name: Leeann Salas 2. Grade: 11th (Junior) 3. Why did you register to take AP Biology? I took AP Biology to help me narrow down my college major options (genetics, biology, or medical) and to learn more about the environment. In particular, I am interested in the effects of GMOs on the health of the human body and comparisons between the roles of GMOs and their natural counterparts in a wild ecosystem. 4. What are your personal strengths when it comes to learning new material? How do you learn
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Introductory Essay Though I have always found History to be a compelling subject, I do not feel that I know the subject terribly well as a whole. I possess a basic understanding of the timeline of large events that have occurred throughout American history, but many of the details of these events have never been taught to me, or those that have been taught to me have been summarized. I am sure that many of the dates and details of the numerous events in American history have been skimmed over in
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So here’s what I’ve learned. I looked at my first piece of writing which was about a song “That’s the way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” by Carly Simon, and my last work which was based on “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry. My first paper was a summary of the song with some comments in with it. I also did not know how to properly cite my sources and used verse numbers
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was previously been taught in high school. It was like “killing two birds with one stone.” The stone was abolishing the five sentence per paragraph policy. The two birds represented writing techniques and understanding how to express myself into a paper. Unfortunately, the only English classes I have ever taken in my higher education were English 102 and English 103. From what I can recall, I was intellectually thinking and writing constantly about my opinions on certain topics. The implementation
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