Dual Enrollment English 111: Course Analysis

Growing up, language art has always been my toughest subject since I started school. I lived my whole life in Vietnam till the age of six when my family migrated to America. Additionally, I couldn’t speak proper English until I was in middle school, so you can imagine the complication I experience when it comes to writing assignment. Throughout high school, I would spend hours on a paper just to get the bare minimum passing grade in English class. As a result of this, I view language art as a pointless subject that cannot be utilize in the real world. Eventually I began cherishing writing as I began my English 1101 class. English 1101 taught me how influential and significant writing can be through novels such as “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau and Fredrick Douglass “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” speech. English 1102 taught me how to become a better writer through different writing method and etc.

When the anticipated senior year finally begins, a typical student at Laurel High School enjoys a brief honeymoon of peer dominance and the illusion that the finish line is in sight. Then, reality sets in. College and scholarship applications burden an already hefty load of work so that by December, much like poor little Max the dog in Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch, seniors feel they are dragging forty times their weight up a steep, snowy mountain.

Many students right out of high school express that their high school courses prepared them for the course work ahead. But others were in for a rude awakening once their classes started. Students such as Eva believed that she was ready to tackle any essays assigned, but soon the fear of failure arose. Eva grew fearful when the professor

Dear AP Student, Congratulations for signing up for this class. Let me personally welcome you to what will be one of the most fun yet difficult English classes of Regis Jesuit you may experience. You have just opened up a world of exciting literature, rigorous studies, and very little sleep. However,

Today, most students always hear about college being an “extremely expensive way to get an education.” While this is true, it has become noticeable that students planning to receive an education at a four-year institution have begun to focus more on the cost of college, rather than the worth of it on who they are as an individual. Overall, the discussion of college has become a very controversial topic. From the cost to the social issues on campus, many people will find several reasons to condemn the idea of college. In his essay, “What’s College For?,” William Deresiewicz uses several literary and rhetorical elements, such as ethos and pathos to build upon his argument that college is more about just the idea of an education; moreover it’s about developing as a human being.

While reading both McCarthy’s and Richard Rodriguez’s writing, you can see that despite being two very different documents(where McCarthy writes about a student named Dave and Rodriguez writes about his past), they are essentially relating the same information. Neither Rodriguez nor Dave were able to transfer skills between their classes(being able to bring one skill that they learned in a class and bring it to another class), being that Dave was a concrete learner that had difficulty conceptualising subjects, and Rodriguez was someone that only learned things that were taught to him (either by his teachers or through his readings). However, both the format of the two essays, the personalities, and lives of Dave and Rodriguez were vastly different

Students enroll in college every year confused on how to go about the whole college thing. They’re not sure what major to choose, what classes they should take, and how to get their money’s worth. Mark Edmundson’s article “Who are You and What are you doing here” is an article meant for incoming freshmen college students who still haven’t figured out who they are yet and what they want to do. Throughout his article Edmundson is questioning what college is all about. He persuades us that college is about fulfilling yourself. Learning what you want to learn, getting the education you want and to follow your interests.

Notably, Patrick Sullivan establishes that college requires quite the preparation, that not every student is suitable for it. Moreover, Sullivan’s point in his extensive, yet beneficial letter to ninth graders is to inform, and educate not just ninth graders but everyone, that one can solely, genuinely be prepared for college if they had initiated their preparation in ninth grade. In addition, he covers the immense significance reading and writing have in the process of students bracing themselves for college. Hence, Sullivan is having his letter be, for the most part, emphasized in how, depending on the student’s reading and writing skills, they are predisposed for college. Furthermore, this source results to be quite useful and reliable

In the pages 7-13 of “ The College Essay is an Argument,” Roy Humble argues that all college students assume that debates in papers mean to be brash and attack their readers. The author further relates his point that college essays should be “Thoughtful and systematic” and informs students should

Throughout my past four years at Weddington High School, I am inspired by the impact my teachers have given me. I believe education is the greatest gift you can give to a person who is striving to make a difference. This is something that I have been interested in for several years. I am currently a teacher assistant for Mrs. Donna Nunn’s Microsoft Word and PowerPoint class that allows me to see how lesson plans are carried out in a classroom environment and I know that this experience has given me a stronger desire to become a teacher. During my freshman year of high school, Ms. Marisa DiFronzo made literature become a very engaging subject for me, not only by her way of teaching but also her ability to bring the class together as one. Since

In conclusion I’m very happy with the class because it help me understand how my classes are going to be when I move up classes. I take English again next semester. I’m probably going to be pooped out from all the essays we did from this semester’s English class, but at least I know how rough it’ll

People of all walks of life became themselves by their upbringing, the people they associate with and how they deal with day to day situations. Some may have advantages depending on their financial and educational backgrounds. In my case, I was fortunate/unfortunate enough to have grown up in two different countries. Having to teach me a new language at a young age, as well as having to learn how to interact, read, and write as a young adult. In either situation, people around me made me aware of my shortcomings, which were difficult to deal with at times and as embarrassed I may have felt, the more determined I got to show them and to succeed. Starting with my early civilian career to retiring from the Army, and now pursuing my degree in General Studies. I, Danny Edwards will strive to do well in this English 1301 class to complete my Associates Degree and continue to further my education by applying my family values and professional integrity, embracing constructive criticism and cherishing the rewards of accomplished goals.

Don Draper, a character from the television drama Mad Men, once said, "When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him. He has a million reasons for being anywhere, just ask him. If you listen, he'll tell you how he got there. How he forgot where he was going, and that he woke up. If you listen, he'll tell you about the time he thought he was an angel or dreamt of being perfect." This quote deeply resonated with me when I first watched the episode and still does to this day. With that said, I'm going to skip over roughly the first 18 years of my life but hopefully give you a clearer vision of my the past 5 years. Throughout this time, I've had my share of ups and downs and it shows on my academic record; however, if I did not have these experiences it

As a College freshman in his second semester, I have learned to deal with the challenges that I have to deal with peaceful, yet exhilarating moment when my mind engages with an author’s thoughts on a page. As John Dewey states “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” What Dewey insists is from my early days in high school to my first year in college as a freshman, I wanted to know the full concept of English; however, I have now realized this subject would fill in my void of English with noteworthy complexities. This was not the case for most of my second semester in Montgomery College; I always had trouble in various parts of the subject, such as development in thesis statement, sentence writing and reflecting on previous essays.

A sense of accomplishment is invaluable to a person. Not only does a sense of accomplishment build confidence and faith in oneself, but it also allows one to reflect on how wonderful the journey to the accomplishment was, and how every little struggle and triumph was worth it. In the middle of summer, where time seems endless and the stress of the previous school year has been shed by students, I never expected to find out that I scored a five on both of the advanced placement exams I took. Nor did I have one-hundred percent confidence the goals we set as section leaders of the marching band would actually be met. Yet to my surprise, I had the good fortune of accomplishing challenging things in both aspects of my life. Both accomplishments, especially my scores on the Advanced Placement exams, gave me a sense of self-confidence and faith in my ability to accomplish my goals that I had