Writing Class Reflection

Okay, the time had come. I must sign up for a University Writing Program (UWP) class at the University of California, Davis, a requirement I greatly feared. I pushed back signing up for the class until my last a final quarter as a student because I thought to myself, “I am a horrible writer!” Being able to put my thoughts into words onto paper purposed a struggle. Therefore, I organized my classes where I would be able to dedicate a lot of time to my UWP class because I knew I would need it.

I have never been passionate about writing, but I have always been a pretty good writer. I was always told that I wrote at a higher level through elementary school and throughout high school, I took two years of Honors English and two years of AP English. I did very well in those classes and usually received A’s on my papers. However, I have never loved writing and would often dread writing assignments.

This semester in ENGL 210, I have learned about most forms of business writing as well as the various means of communication used in the business world. Along with this understanding, I have also learned how to write many different kinds of letters both formally and informally. In this class, I have written a bad news letter, a cover letter, and a thank you letter all with correct formatting, styling, and pacing. We also learned about memo format and had to write two for class. Along with memos and letters, we also wrote a resume and filmed an elevator pitch. Although I already had a resume, the one I created in class was a lot higher quality, and I now use an edited form of it to apply for summer jobs. The elevator pitch is a little to unedited

One fall semester, I enrolled into a required writing course. The course was part of my major.

Writing sucks! It is one of the things I used to dread about the most in high school. I dislike it when instructors would ask us to write such long essays. I dislike it when I have to participate in writing challenges because teachers would randomly pick a student. Nonetheless, winning in those challenges heightened my self-confidence. I thought I hated writing, but I was somewhat decent and I started to like it a bit more. However, things took a sharp turn when I had two writing classes entering college. I realized I was not a decent writer after all.

Dear, Dr Segal-Argelston and professor Williams, many past experiences I've had with a writing class all pertain to my years in high school. I have had many English classes but very few writing classes. Though I was in an English class most of my time, my class did very little writing. It wasn't until my junior year of high school that I had an actual writing class. This writing class taught me many tips and tricks for writing a good essay. By the end of this class my writing skills were strengthened significantly because I had to write three to four essays a week. A weakness I have related to writing would be trying to bring out my thoughts on a subject and formulate them into a well-rounded sentence. Different parts of the sentence grammatical

I’ve always enjoyed writing, but a part of me also hated it. At least in high school I did. Teachers made it seem like I was filling out legal forms and not just trying to get a point across. I felt like I had to be next carefully with every little detail in my writing. I couldn’t be the best writer because I wasn’t being myself. I couldn’t express myself freely or at least not without worrying how I said it.

By taking this course, I wanted to learn more about the diversity among people, especially in the United States. I also wanted to gain a better understanding of the various issues that minority groups face within the U.S. At first, my goals were very broad due to my novel exposure to ethnic studies, but now my goals are more specific. My goals still focus on minority groups, which include women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, other non-white groups of the world, and people in the LGBTQ+ community. However, now my goals focus on comprehending their distinctive struggles, and acknowledging the role that race/ethnicity, sexuality, and gender, plays in society. The readings and in-class discussions helped with my understanding of these complex issues. The week we discussed about white privilege and its primary application to the straight, white, male population, allowed for me to understand the extent of the established white

I can honestly say that I neither like, nor dislike, writing. I have always had a hard time writing a paper it’s hard for me to come up with things to put in them I feel like I may ramble on. I have written a lot of letters just about every day activities to my dad (he was away for a while) I have written poems about feelings, letters to a boyfriend, lyrics to songs, grocery lists, when I was younger I loved writing little notes to my mom and sister and I could go on and on about different things that I wrote. I actually love writing but I don’t like structured writing I rather write a letter about how I feel or a letter to someone than a structured essay. I find it difficult to set it in the right format that the teacher wants. I feel this way because my senior year in high school our English teacher just gave us a rubric and topic and told us to write I was lost and didn’t understand what was being asked of me but this event has taught me I always need to make sure I understand what my teacher expects from me on a writing assignment.

This class really help me throughout this quarter , it reflects so much in the real world in the industry it takes a lot of thinking to make your business plan .This class help me add more stuffs into my capstone project like completing floor plan for front of the house and back of the house ,capital equipment .

Writing has always been the subject I despised messing up I never took easy as a child and writing always seemed to be the only class I messed up in they myth with hating writing and not having anything to say stuck with me for years.Even today as a young woman I absolutely do not like to write this has been a struggle for me and its something I never got over because I felt I didn't need to write perfect because I seen no point in all the correct grammar and correct format in writing.I can write just enough to get by but I tend to wonder off when doing essays and and thing the has to do with a paper.I don't understand most of the writing materials and that my issue when writing a paper to be perfect it takes time to get back in to the hang

Throughout the entirety of this course I have been able to learn a vast amount of things that I did not fully understand before. While I have heard many of these things before, this class has helped me strengthen and fortify my understandings of the things that will be presented on the CSCS. While I do not plan on taking the CSCS until March I have kick started my progress in obtaining this certification because of the effort that I have put into this class, and it has almost become enjoyable to be able to learn as much as I can so that I can really knock it out of the park on the test. This paper will be a synopsis of the things that I have learned, highlighting major topics and points (from the syllabus), and the final grade that I

This semester was one of the hardest semester for me I had to work really hard in order to pass this class since writing is something I really horrible at plus a lot of work also with going to class. On the first day of class I was really scared because writing was not my thing. As much as I hate writing I do not think anyone could be a worse writer than me. My vocabulary and grammar is really horrible I use slang sometimes when I write an essay. I was retaking this class the first time I dropped this class because I was doing horrible on my papers and couldn't get any help from my professor. Even in the middle of my semester I could not come to class because of my job I was working so much I thought I was going to fail this class. The

I’m in class. Maggy dean is giving another lecture and all I can think about is anything but economics, my chair is too hard and the room is too cold. I Occasionally pick up on random things about positive externalities or price ceilings but mostly I will be in my own world. It’s not that I’m not trying to stay focused it’s just that I can’t seem to do so. Usually in classes like these I will go back later when I’m at home or in an isolated area and re-read the topics we covered in class in the textbook. This usually works and I do well in the class but this class is different/ The topics we cover in class are much more complex than what’s in the book. I can’t help but to get frustrated with how the class is taught but I suck it up and do something about it. First thing after class I walk over to the teacher and come up with a plan on what I can do to do well in this class. Self- advocating is a big part of my success in high school, especially in economics class.

Teachers have a very important role in the life of students. They teach you not only academic material, they also teach you important life lessons. That’s why it’s very critical to have an effective, positive, and healthy relationship with them. This can be your deciding factor in determining whether someone is a good teacher or bad teacher. Teachers learn from you, as much as you learn from them. So having that teacher-student relationship is beneficial. Take the film “The Class”, as example of how that relationship should and shouldn’t look like. From watching this film you will see both sides of the spectrum. Mr. Marin, might not be a perfect teacher, but he still shows you attributes of how a good teacher should act. The teacher-student relationship they should create, and the overall relationship they should have with their students.