Friday, December 7, 2012

the end is here

Well Ms. B. we are writing our final blog post on what has been a quick and interesting sememster.  Coming in as a freshman, I did not know what to expect.  I took this same class in high school and didnt get the credit because I failed my AP exam.  In, high school, I was not the best writer but I did well enough to get a high grade.  Coming in to this class, I expected an easy A.  Since I took this in high school, I figured this would be a cakewalk of a class.  However, I was wrong.  This turned out to be the class that I had to put the most effort into.  I did my best not to procrasitant but sometimes in the end, I waited until the last minute.  Sometimes waiting until the last minute paid off.  I would get into writing grooves and write some of my best work in one night.  When I am able to do this, I am able to spend the entire week proofreading or talking to Ms. B about it.  When I talked to Ms. B about my papers, I would get my best grade.  She would break down my papers and point something out that I never saw.  Especially my first paper, I did not know what I was doing.  After my discussion with Ms. B, I completely changed my paper and wrote, in my mind, a very good paper.  And to my pleasant surprise, I received a B+ on it.  My second paper, I put a lot of work into it.  I did plenty of research and even had an appointment with the writing center, they helped my but not as much as Ms. B did.  I was never able to get an appointment with Ms. B and my grade took a hit from it.  I received a B on it, but it was about what I expected out of it.  If I had met with Ms. B I would have received a higher grade because she would have pointed stuff out that the writing center did not see.  But it was ok because I was content with my grade.  For our third assignment, Ms. B paired us off into groups and I was happy with my group.  My group worked very hard on this assignment, but we never saw Ms. B.  If we would have seen her, our paper would have possibly been much better. 
In this class, I truly became a better writer.  I learned to analyze parts of a paper that I never looked at before.  I learned about rhetoric and how to include citations in my research papers.  Ms. B tought us all this in a fun way and made sure everyone understood before she went on to the next topic.  Ms. B took a very dry subject, English, and turned it into something that I began to enjoy.  In the end, this class was not the Easy A that I thought it would be but is definately and Easy B.  I enjoyed this class very much and overall I was impressed by the way Ms. B was able to teach us something boring in a interesting way. 

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