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Final Reflection



I feel my writing has improved during this semester because of all the different



types of essays I experimented with. I wrote five essays during the past four or five



months which were all very challenging. The five different types of essays I had to write



about was a Narrative, Descriptive, Compare/Contrast, Persuasion/Argumentation, and a



Process Paper. Of these five essays I feel I had some very interesting stories. I feel I



always wrote the best when I would write about my life or past experiences. It seems to



me that when I first started to learn to write it was not fun at all because of the little



experience I had with writing.





For my very first essay, I had to write a Narrative CD project. My professor asked



me to write about something I learned from. I struggled for almost a whole day and night



just trying to figure out a topic. Finally, I came up with a story called Stop Drugs,



Alcohol, and Abuse. This essay was mostly about my father who was a drug addict,



alcoholic, and abuser. When I wrote this story I had to go back in time and remember a



horrible childhood experience. Writing this type of essay was difficult because it was



embarrassing and emotional. I also was nervous to hand in this essay because I really did



not want to be judged or looked down on because of this outrageous topic.





In the same way as my first essay, I also had a difficult time thinking of a topic to



write about for my second essay. My professor asked me to write a descriptive essay.



This was my first time ever writing a descriptive essay. First off, I could not even think



about what I was going to write about until almost the last minute. My mind went blank,



and I just could not think. I finally decided to write about the three dogs at my patient’s



house where I go to work every morning. I really do like these dogs at work, but when I



wrote my essay I wrote about them as being annoying and I hated them. Basically, my



descriptive essay was mostly false. There had to be a lot of descriptive telling in this



essay, and this is why I feel writing it was very difficult. I made up many details of



description just to add to my story so the story can sound okay. I feel if I had more time



to go over my essay and revise, I probably would have had a better grade. I feel I have



some kind of writer’s block that does not allow me to think of ideas fast enough.





I feel I had a difficult time writing the Compare/Contrast essay because it was



much harder than the one I wrote before in my English 043 class. In English 043 I only



had to compare or contrast anything I chose. In my English 043 class I chose to compare



apples and oranges, and this essay seemed easier to write because in English 101 I had to



do both Compare/Contrast at the same time. In my English 101 class I chose to



Compare/Contrast two emotions, Love and Hate which was very difficult. I wanted to



write about these two emotions since English 043, but it was difficult then. When my



professor gave me an assignment to Compare/Contrast I decided to go back and take the



challenge of comparing and contrasting Love and Hate.





The paper I had the easiest time with was my fourth essay. My professor asked



me to write a Process Paper. I was having a hard time deciding what to write about like



my other essays, but finally the idea came to my head more quickly than the other three



essays. I decided to give directions on how to get a really clean kitchen floor. This idea



came to my head because I do this task of washing the floor two times a week a work,



and also at my own place of residence a few times a week. As I was getting started, I just



sat at my computer and typed free hand thinking over very carefully step by step how I



wash the floors. I think I revised this essay one or two times before I actually handed the



paper in. I felt I would get a better grade than what I received on my paper, but now I



know next time to double and triple check for spelling errors.



Finally, my professor asked me to write my last essay which was a



Persuasion/Argumentation essay. I really enjoyed writing this essay because I wrote



about the professional Nursing field which I am moving forward in through schooling. I



really want to help people in life physically, emotionally, and mentally, because of the



many things I have witnessed from Nurses and Nurses Aids. I decided to argue a case for



the elderly for future practice. I feel this Persuasion/Argumentation essay will help me for



future persuasion or arguments I will have to make in my future career.

(I know I need more work but how is everything so far.)

Thanks, Jen