Reflective Essay: My Year Of School

This year of school, has been the most important year for me. I haven 't really cared about grades or learning in my previous years, but this year was completely different. I will cherish this year for as long as I can remember, because this was the year I changed for the better. In the beginning of the year, I was really scared about my grade in English, because, in all my past years of school, English has been by far my worst subject of all. I completely hated English and how badly it affected my GPA. Later on, as I started to work with Mrs. Sadaf and my fellow classmates, I began to feel more confident in myself. I have also seen myself improving over the course of this year. In the start, I was that quit kid that always sits at

I thought to myself, "This will be the year everything will change." I began to work as hard as I could to improve my English grade, because it was the only grade below the standards I had set for myself. As quarter one finished, I got an 88 for my final English grade. At the time, I thought this was really good, but it was still nothing compared to my other grades. Quarter 2 started, and I had already made new friends that could help me get through the whole year of English. Despite the fact that I still lost it every time I had to write an essay, or do a comprehension test, I actually started to enjoy my English period, because we got to do something new and interesting every time. I think that is the reason why I began to enjoy my English class. Quarter 2 finished, and I was not satisfied with my grade in English. I was however, pleased with what I learned throughout quarter 2. We developed good vocabulary words with the help of the new "5D" method, and I started to relish writing workshops. I thought the new 5D method would be irksome, since I had to draw the meaning of the vocabulary word, but it actually really helped me improve my vocabulary and use a variety of words in my essays. We also learned how to present our