This class has been a blast to me.
In the beginning, I thought that this class would be very boring and I would
not learn much because I did not really like sociology before. It turns out
that I have learned a lot of things that I had no interest in before. There
have been a lot of great experiences that I gain from this class and in fact, I
had so much fun. For me, the most important thing that I learn from this class
is how to improve my writing to a higher level.
When I finished writing my first
essay in this class, I though that my essay would turn out very bad. My writing
skills were not that great and English has been one of my worst subjects. After
receiving the grade for my first essay, I did not really believe about my grade
because I did a pretty good job. When I looked back and reflected on my essay,
I was a little bit shocked about my writing. I started to slowly understand how
to write something great and where my mistakes usually occur. I looked at the
grading chart and I figured out which part of the essay did I do poorly on and
which part of the essay did I do great.
As the class slowly progressed
through the quarter, I learned how to write an organized, well-written essay.
One of the most important terms that I learn was P.I.E, which stands for Point,
Information, and Explanation. P.I.E gives me sort of a guideline to what am I
supposed to do in my body paragraph of the essay. It helped me a lot in
developing my ideas and giving sufficient information and explanation to
support my ideas during my writing processes. In addition, I also learned about
my essay organization, which consists of essay level, paragraph level and
sentence level. In the sentence level, I learn how to improve my sentence
structures in order to make my sentences related to the main idea of the essay.
In the paragraph level, I learn how to look at each of my paragraphs that I have
written whether every sentences in the paragraph are connected to the topic
sentences of each paragraph and how each of my paragraphs are related to my
thesis statement. As for the essay level, I learn how to see my whole piece of
writing being read and graded in general. Last but not least, one of the most
essential things that writes should not forget is Quotes I3 (Introduced,
incorporated, Interpreted). This, in my opinion, is the part where our points
for each paragraph are being supported the most. With the use of quotations, I
was able to identify some points that I wanted to put in my essay and make each
of my paragraphs strong and solid.
Sitting in the final exam room, I
scrolled down to my assignment areas and checked my grades so far and how I
have been progressing. I did not expect something great from my grades nor I
expect something amazing would happen to happen in this class. Surprisingly, my
grades are increasing from one essay to another. I was thinking to myself,
“What have I really done that I was able to achieve this much improvement?”
From these lessons that I have been taught, I finally understand how my writing
style looks like. I get the feeling of how my mind comes out with the ideas
that I need to write my essay. This much of accomplishment made me understand
the importance of writing in the real world and how different opinions affect
our ways of thinking. Influences from an awesome teacher who have taught many
valuable lessons and did an amazing job in developing my writing skills is also
one of the reasons that I learned a lot. I have never felt so good before that
it makes me happier than ever.
After this whole process of meaningful
writing is done, there are still open paths that I can gain using the lessons
that I have learned so far. There are still many more things that I can learn
after I step out into this world and face many different challenges in life.
These challenges may include facing the world on our own two feet. With my
writing skills that I have learned, I think that I would be able to change some
people’s perspective toward some things. I believe that I can influence them in
such a way that there is something more to get out of life and there are still
a lot of things that we can achieve.
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