This semester in the class of English 111 I have learned many fundamental things to become a better student and a better person. All the information I got this semester was very helpful; I want to thank you because I know that what I learned is going to help me for the rest of my career, as well as in my everyday life. In this cover letter I want to demonstrate what I learn and how well I understand it. I will go over the five major points of English 111: My major bad habit and how to transform it to a good habit; time management in college and life in general; Kaizen, the technique to manage changes and improvements in a process; writing process, critical thinking, writing and reading; the rhetorical analysis; and the connection between a claim and an opinion. The overall purpose of this essay is to demonstrate what I have learned this semester in English 111 class and to make the claim for my final grade, which I believe I have earned an A.
Learning and knowing about what bad habits I have and how to work on it was very important to improve my academic levels, is always good to be aware of the bad or good habits we have so we can correct them and learn from them. The habit I have being working on is procrastinating in doing my homework. Before this class I did not realized that I was procrastinating as much as I do. It is a complicated habit to work on specially because I am a student and I want to get far in life and do things the right way. But being busy like am always are does not help. I have to come to school, and go to work full time on both things, they both are very important and are a huge part of my life; without a job I could not pay for my school. Now days I am more worry and aware that I have to do my homework and study if I want to learn and get a good grade. I putting all my effort to get homework and assignments complete before the dead line, and do it the right way. I just have to get my schedule organized and make some space to do my homework or assignments. Mainly stop being lazy and have my priorities in order.
Time management was a big part of this semester in English 111. It was crucial at the beginning of the semester, how to organized school with your time and calculate how everything was going to work for each class. The hardest thing was getting to class on time. It was part of our participation grade and getting on time would get us a good grade at the end. Overall I think I did very well with that. The first couple of classes I was kind of late and I could it figured what I was missing. And after going over time management in class I figured that my problem was managing my time in the mornings.
Because I was not used to wake up early and go to school in my own car, it was hard for me. A lot of responsibility involved in this process. I always thought, “ok, I have two options, I either wake up late, rush my morning, drive fast, and run to class and even though be late, or, I could wake up early, have some time in my hands, get some breakfast, and be able to drive in a normal paste without rushing and worrying I was going to be late” because after all the professor does not really care if I get to his class or not. The only responsible and affected is going to be me. Now I manage my time in a better way, I planed ahead of time and I plan for the worst that way I will always be prepared for anything. This way I can get stuff done and have time for all I have to do and want to do.
Kaizen, and awesome method of managing changes and improvements in a process or a routine in order to become successful in life. Does not matter what you do or who you are, we all want to be successful in one point of our life. Some people have never being taught where to start, how to start, or what to do to become that someone that they want to be. Here in English 111 I was taught how to become successful and become who I want to be and have applied it to my life as college student and as a person.
This method consists in a couple of things. The first and most important thing is to always pick the lowest hanging fruit. I got to start from where I am, is not good to rush things and skip steps that can be crucial for something I’m trying to accomplish. I have to start with the resources I have and start building my way to the top. The improvements can be small and slow but they will be continuous and this is what will make perfection. Small improvements will accumulate and will make the difference one day. Always ID the small changes because this is improvements I have made and this will motivate me to keep going and keep trying. Never give up, and never make excuses; nothing should stop you from growing as a better person.
Set goals in life, always have something in front of you to remain you where you are going, where you want to be. These goals will keep you from failure and will keep you motivated and away from failure. I have to evaluate my results and my process along the way. Making sure whatever I am doing is working and is helping me. If this process and method is working repetition is the key, keep doing it, keep getting that lowest hanging fruit I have in my tree and keep building those stairs to the top of my tree.
Rhetoric would be next topic we cover this semester in this class. We learned about the writing process, Critical thinking rubric. It breaks the complex writing into stage with steps, so you can give your all to each step. Learn tips and techniques for implementing each step, which are: Prewriting, drafting, revision, publishing and review. Each of these is fundamental in order for the author to get his message to the audience in the proper way.
I learned that I am a writer in process and because of this I have to practice my craft to get the master piece. I have to learn to take joy from the work, like what I am doing, convince myself that my message is good and I want my audience to think the same. Take pride in my craft, be proud and reflect it in my message, in my writing. As an author, I’m always going to be looking for things that are going to make my life easier. Is good to look for tricks and tips and learned from other author’s work.
In the writing process there is always the prewriting process. Brainstorming session has helped me to concentrate and get my ideas straight on what I need to write about. Then free writing just gives me liberty and permission to express myself and write what I want. Listening is a good tool if you know how to use to in the writing process. Then there is going to be that mind, concept or mapping about the subject and topic. After these questioning comes in place, question yourself about what you have on your paper. Research is handy and very helpful. And a discussion is great to override those spelling mistakes and any grammar error I could have.
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