Self-Reflection
We were supposed to start commenting this week, but the nature of this blog won't really allow for that UNLESS you have some helpful advice for your peers. So, we will start the list for comments next week.
OK, ladies and gentlemen. You have done it. Well, almost.
The year is 3/4 over-and even more than that for AP folks because your year ends sooner than everyone else's.
So, now is the time for some introspective reflection. And, while this is not the original blog idea (the words for the other idea I have aren't arranging themselves in my brain so I need more time with them), it is equally if not more important.
As you answer the questions, I want you to keep you in mind: how you learn, what shuts down your learning, and what you can do or I can that will improve upon, and remedy those things.
What do you know now that you didn't know on September 4?
What kinds of things still give you fits because you can't seem to grasp the concept?
What would you like to focus on moving forward?
What would you like to see more of? (might be the same as the last question--might not)
Do you feel like your getting the most out of the class?
Are you living up to your own expectations?
What can you do better, differently?
And, most importantly--are you learning?
Take your time, think about your answers and tell me how you feel. I will use your responses as a means to plan out the rest of our year. If there are other things you would like to say, tell me, vent about (respectfully) etc feel free. If you feel you cannot do this in a public forum, you know what to do.
PS--this is still a blog--it's not a worksheet--please don't answer the questions one b
OK, ladies and gentlemen. You have done it. Well, almost.
The year is 3/4 over-and even more than that for AP folks because your year ends sooner than everyone else's.
So, now is the time for some introspective reflection. And, while this is not the original blog idea (the words for the other idea I have aren't arranging themselves in my brain so I need more time with them), it is equally if not more important.
As you answer the questions, I want you to keep you in mind: how you learn, what shuts down your learning, and what you can do or I can that will improve upon, and remedy those things.
What do you know now that you didn't know on September 4?
What kinds of things still give you fits because you can't seem to grasp the concept?
What would you like to focus on moving forward?
What would you like to see more of? (might be the same as the last question--might not)
Do you feel like your getting the most out of the class?
Are you living up to your own expectations?
What can you do better, differently?
And, most importantly--are you learning?
Take your time, think about your answers and tell me how you feel. I will use your responses as a means to plan out the rest of our year. If there are other things you would like to say, tell me, vent about (respectfully) etc feel free. If you feel you cannot do this in a public forum, you know what to do.
PS--this is still a blog--it's not a worksheet--please don't answer the questions one b
Something I know now that I didn't in the beginning of the year was what to look for in MC quizzes and how to improve my writing. Some things that kind of trip me up is SOAPS, I never really had a good gasp at thinking deeper than just the surface. I would like to focus more on analyzing readings since I typically just summarize when I try to "analyze." I think I am getting a lot from this class both as an English class and relating it to today's society. I feel as though I am not doing too shabby in this class, so I guess I am living up to my own expectations. I can definitely try and retain information better. I have never been to good at that. I do believe that I am learning. I hope this wasn't written Too too much like a worksheet but I dont really know any other way to put this information together.
ReplyDeleteAlthough seen as the toughest year out of your four years of high school, junior year has gone by pretty fast for me. I learned a lot about many different things, school subjects and friends wise, but something that I feel as though I know now that I didn't know on September 4 is how to be able to express my ideas in a better manner in papers, essays, and DBQs. Blogger has helped me a lot with this and the idea of having blogs every week has helped me express myself, even when I feel like I had no one to express myself to, or even how to do it. Things that still give me fits, though, are MC quizzes and essays in Weisback's class. I seem to have trouble with the whole MC quiz thing and can't seem to get too high of a grade. I'm not sure if it's because I'm just a bad test taker, or if I actually can't read through a simple passage and eliminate answers. In Weisback's class, I feel as though he takes a lot of points off in every one of my essays and I'm not too sure why, exactly. Moving forward, I would like to focus on test prep for the big AP Lang test in May. I feel like I still need some time before I'm ready to take that test and be able to score a 4 or higher. I would like to see more things for the Lang test, as said before. I do feel like I am getting the most out of this class and I feel like it has taught me a lot of new things, but has also built more on what I already knew before. I expected myself to get a much lower grade in the class than I have now going into this AP class. Along with others, this was one of my two first AP classes and I was told they were much harder than Honors classes. So, I was a little nervous, but I have gone beyond my expectations for this class and got a much better grade than I thought. I plan to work better on MC quizzes and really focus on this test for the next couple months leading up to it. I am learning. I am learning how to work through tough tests and learning how to be a better writer in general. I always strive to be the best i can be, and I feel as though I can accomplish my goals by continuing to push myself to learn new things or work to be better in general by practicing.
ReplyDeleteOn September fourth I didn’t know what any of my classes were planning on doing with my knowledge, I didn’t know I’d be able to interract as much as I can in an AP class, and I didn’t expect to talk about such a wide range up topics, feeling as accepted and safe as I do. Nothing really gives me fits but the fact that I procrastinate, not as bad as some people, but still, I could be even more advance in everything I’m apart of or working on now if I didn’t procrastinate. I’d like to work on how to problem solve, in every situation, although I do this often already, I’m never sure with my final answer, I want to be sure. I feel like I’ve learned alot when it comes to MC quiz’s, I was happy to hear we were doing them more becuase on my AP psych exam last year, alot of them confused me where others were so easy. There was a lot of vocab on that test though, and it didn’t become a huge struggle until I had to write an essay and didn’t know what one of the words meant for me to write a paragraph on it. So I guess I’m just a little scared for vocab on the test, some I’ll be able to use context clues for, but I usually just remember our vocab for a test when I really want to remember it long term, I’m really bad at remembering school lessons for long term reasons without a ton of repetition. I’d like to see more coping skills with problems, very general but it goes for every question and problem. I feel like I get what I let myself get out of the class, that goes for every class though, it depends on how much effort I put in certain days, meaning, I could get more if I put in more. I live up to most of my expectations, not all. Not procrastinating and holding back could prevent that alot. I’ve learned a ton, emotionally as well, it’s an advantage not many kids get at this age.
ReplyDeleteMy parents have always told me that I should make the best out of high school. They always said that I should participate in everything possible and make as many new friends as possible. I guess junior year really taught me a lot because it shown me who my friends really are and it allowed me to see past the layer of personality that they put out there. Before junior year happened, I was never able to express my emotions whether that was through writing or verbal words. Everything that I wanted to say was never said because I never had the courage to do so since I was so scared of what others would think of me. Through the blog and OP’s, I was given the chance to say things that I never thought that I would share to others and I finally feel like I have a place to go. Through these, everything that I kept to myself are being released one by one without having people to look at me like I’m crazy. Things that give me fits would definitely be the MC Quizzes. I was never a good test taker to begin with so these always seem to get me. I always think that the choices that I make are the correct answer, but every time I always choose the wrong answer. Looking forward, I want to be a more positive person. I’ve been in my bag a lot lately and I just want to get out of it. I want to enjoy the rest of junior year and just be happy and bag-free. Honestly I feel like AP Lang really has helped me a lot. I know some people might disagree with me but I feel like I’ve become a much better writer and that when I take the SAT’s, I don’t struggle with things that I used to struggle with in the past. I personally feel like it has made me into a better writer and listener. Overall I am living up to the expectations that I have set for myself. I’m doing so much better than I have done before and it’s all working out. I just need to be a little more positive as a person. I do feel like I’ve learned a lot and I still will continue to learn more and more as the year goes on. I’ve experienced things that have made me a stronger person and things that have taught me to push myself to try new things.
ReplyDeleteI know now how to write better, I think. I can also interpret readings better along with the multiple choice questions. I know how to manage a lot of work better. Before this year I’d never taken an AP class so I didn’t really know what to expect but after a while I think I’ve gotten better at managing my workload more efficiently. What still gives me the fits is the TD. I don’t really understand it and I think it effects me writing the rhetorical analysis. Moving forward I’d like to focus more on the TS/TD so I could be better at the rhetorical analysis. I’d like to see more writing workshops (I don’t think we did any of them yet) so I could get better at writing. I do feel like I’m getting the most out of this class. The blogs, the MC tests, the vocab quizzes it really helps with the English part of school. I think if I hadn’t taken this class I wouldn’t know as much as I would right now. In my opinion, I’m not living up to my expectations fully. I’m almost there, I want to do really well in all my classes and have over an A. I also want to do really well on my SAT’s before the end of the year, but I’ll get there. I’ve said this in the reflection of 2018 blog, but what I need to do better is manage my time better. Managing my time will make me more efficient with balancing school and sports and my social life. More importantly, I do believe I’m learning. I learned a lot in math and history than I have in the past, and I write better than I did when I started the year out. This year I’m learning more than ever.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I have grown a lot throughout high school. This year showed me many new things about life, while being my toughest year yet work wise. However, I think this year has been the quickest so far. Something I know now that I didn’t know on September 4th are more helpful and better ways to express myself. I’ve always had a tough time truly expressing myself, but having you as a teacher taught me so much. Whether it’s expressing myself verbally or in my writings. For example, these blogs and the OP’s helped me a lot and taught me things about myself that I never even thought about before. The MC quizzes are the things that I can’t seem to grasp. I always understand what I’m learning, but when it comes to test taking, I’m such a bad test taker. I never seem to get that well of a grade on them so far and I always seem to choose the second best answer instead of the correct one. I would like to focus on moving forward on my writing. Whenever I feel out of it, I mainly turn to writing and those writing pieces always seem to be my best. It helps to empty my system and helps to let everything out that I hold in. I would like to see more practice with analyzing stories, poems, etc. I know we already do a handful of these, but it may just be me since I’m not that great at this. AP Lang has taught me so much so far, it definitely helped me grow as a person and expand my knowledge and focus on things. I 100% feel like I’m getting the most out of Lang. This classed helped me personally, helped my vocabulary, and my writing pieces. So far, I would like to say I’m living up to my own expectations. In the beginning of the year, with 3 AP classes and honors, I was so scared to start school. I figured I would have worse grades then I do now, but I’m happy and impressed with myself, with holding the grades that I like to see. I would like to see myself not procrastinate as much as I do. I’ll be honest, I recently did get better, but at times I haven’t. All together though, I am learning. I learned to set high standards and to push myself to those standards. I’ve become a stronger person mentally and physically and I learned to push myself to always try new things. A lot of kids our age don’t receive the kind of teachers like we have; the ones who care for us and we shouldn’t take advantage of that.
ReplyDeleteSomething i know that i didn't know on September 4th was how hard i can push myself. I am now able to stay up till 3am and finish an assignment. And also push myself to do better on assignments or test. But now i'm starting to turn things on time and not have to wait till the last minute. I also didn't how to express myself as much in the beginning of the year but like you said no one else does what you do. No one does blogs and no one does OP’s and also essays that we do, we get to talk/write about things we do and don't like about the world and just give our honest opinion on things. But something i still cant get threw and do well from the beginning of the year are the multiple choice quizzes. It's so annoying because I either get it right or completely wrong and to know that its on both the AP exam and on the SAT is really worrying because i might not do well on those sections. But i have been studying so hopefully i get the concept soon. Writing, i would to work on a bit more because writing is everywhere. I am going to have to write in college and there it's a bit more advance so i'm going to have to perfect and i would like to see more of that to perfect it. This class for me has really challenged me like the vocab, i really never knew any of those words until now so now i can use them and just rely on them when they need to be used. I feel like i should talk more in class discussions that is probably what i'm missing out on the most. I knew from the beginning of the year that this class will be hard and challenges but when the going gets tough, the tough get going. So i try to match all that and just try to keep progressing but i know i can do way better, i need to stop only focusing only on my AP classes because its just damaging my other classes like bio but that's really it. I am learning like the vocab is really helping me and just the way we look at certain species of writing like i never knew i could see it that way, and just look at things with a different perspective and i'm really thankful to have you as my teacher.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I've learned a lot so far this year. I've discovered that I have very little drive when it comes to doing pointless work (packets) and that math is really hard. I've learned a bunch of vocab words which I use all the time now and I learned how important it is to not judge a book by it's cover. So far this year has been eye-opening. This year has been a mixture of fun and anxiety. More so than other years at least. I don't really think I'll have a school year as confusing as this one ever again and I hope that all negative things that happened this year are left in the past. So far the only class that really troubles me is pre-calc. That is the only class I have ever had that I genuinely do not understand what is happening. Lang is really easy for me to understand and all my other classes are less about learning the concepts and more about remembering them. I'm hoping on really focusing this last trimester and doing good in all my classes. I'm kinda slacking now and it's really being reflected in my grades. I also need to stop being absent all the time. That definitely doesn't help my case. As far as AP-Lang, I think everything were doing in that class is great. I'm really learning a lot and hopefully that stays the same. Personally, the MC tests are great practice and I'd like to see us do those a little more. Personally, this class is one of the few classes where I'm truly learning. Not just school stuff. Life stuff. I can truthfully say that this class is helping to shape me in to being a better human being. Am I living up to my own expectations? Not at all. I have really let myself down this year and I'm pretty disappointed in how it's been going so far. I went from all A's and B's to getting my first D which hurt. I'm super stressed all the time because I procrastinate so much. It's just not good honestly. I have tons of room to improve. I'm hoping that next marking period I can control my self better and really push my self to do my work and what not. I want to do better in all areas of my life but right now I need to really focus on my grades. Which is pretty sad to be honest. School is like a parasite. It takes over you're body, drains you of you're life, and just leaves you to rot after it's done. Pretty gross. However, I can't say school is completely bad because I have learned some pretty valuable things this year. AP Lang is by far my most important class because it is the class which I have learned the most. 204 has taught me more than you could imagine.
ReplyDeleteWhat I have learned since september 4th is I really don't like highschool. Before junior year I was indifferent about school I didn’t like it but I also didn't hate it. What I have learned from junior year is I stress so much about assignments and topics in school that if there wasn’t a grade to them I would not care about at all. The only subject that I have trouble in is pre-calc which is weird because growing up math was my best subject and I loved it. This year math is my worst grade and I don't understand why because In class I understand but on the test it’s like my mind just blanks out. Moving forward in school I’d like to focus more on myself and try and figure out what I truly want to be when I’m older and what college I should go to. I know you probably wanted me to respond with something you could teach us but as I said in the beginning Im not interested in the traditional learning, please don’t look at that as disrespectful to you. I would like to see more of real world things that I could actually apply to my real life not how to find the limit of something as x approaches 2. I feel like my time in school in the learning sense is a waste because a lot of the stuff that is being taught I’m not passionate about so I never retain the information that teachers give to me. In the social sense I think school is great because it is a great place for kids like myself to communicate with people and learn how to work with other people which I think is very beneficial in the long run. To be honest I didn’t have really any expectations coming into this school year I just thought it was gonna be the same as it has been my entire life. With that said I think school is much harder than it has ever been and I think it has pushed me to be a better person all around. Something I would have done differently coming into this year is made sure I came in with better organization. I think If I had better organization my experience may have been a little bit easier than it has been so far. I have been learning a lot this year even though most of it is stuff I don’t really care about. Besides the educational learning I have learned more about the people around me and who I want to continue to be friends with and I have also learned a lot about myself
ReplyDeleteI have learned many things in this class since September 4th. One major thing I learned was how to look at multiple choice questions differently. I learned that sometimes the answer is right in front of me, and I don’t have to search for it as hard as I thought. I got better at breaking down those types of questions, which is what will help me a lot in some of my other classes. Something that trips me up sometimes would probably still be SOAPS, because I sometimes find it difficult to put a passage into those categorizations. I am slowly getting better at it but it still needs some work. I would like to focus on some more MC questions because I know that a lot of the AP test will be those. Maybe a couple of SOAPs could help to. I really think I am getting the most out of class because I can express myself and my opinions any time I want, and other people can discuss with me, which to me is a great thing about a class. I don’t like a class with just notes and notes and that isn’t the case in room 204. I think I am living up to my own expectations, I do well on quizzes and assignments which is what I planned to do in the beginning of the year. I don’t think I have to change anything I’m doing at the moment, I can maybe try to practice some more MC questions on my own but other than that, everything is pretty good. I am most definitely learning in this class, everyday I learn something new from or about anyone in the class. I learn lots of new words, writing styles, interpretations, perspectives and much more. My learning this year is at its peak.
ReplyDeleteThis year has been filled with trials and tribulations. I have acquired knowledge of many things, some sought out and others delightful and unexpectedly. This year has proven to be the year of surprises for me. I thought puberty was tough on the hormones.. Golly gee. It has been an emotional rollercoaster, yet in all ways it has made me stronger. I have learned to be more self-aware, this is thanks to my classes this year and simply just being a junior. You learn to question yourself, a thousand times more than you regularly would because you’re trying to figure out your next fifty years in the span of one. While this has been difficult to accept, it has also been an eye-opener for me. I already carry a not favorable trait to doubt myself endlessly, this year was sort of that extra push. All things considered, I did not fall off of any metaphorical cliff yet, so I can only continue to grow. There is a lot that I did not know about myself just a short few months ago. Not only have I found many things about myself, but also the friends around me. It doesn’t stop there, my perceptiveness born with as a child has only heightened throughout the course of this year. I now know that the end of my motivation in high school is due to the fact-not that I hate high school and life, but simply because I am overwhelmed. This has caused me to adapt to the new packets in apush, that I most definitely needed to squeeze into my life. Even now, I still have mental wars with myself because I cannot seem to comprehend how I survived school through all of these years, yet now, the “most important year of my schooling career” I seem to struggle. I have always enjoyed learning, being engaged in new elements, discovery. At this point it feels as if that has all been ripped to shreds. It’s as if someone took a chunk out of my favorite part of my mind and left me with the rest. This is still unexplainable to me. Most people call this “senioritis”, well i’m not sure what title I would give it, but for the time being I need the feeling to hold off until next year. So, moving forward I would just like to get past this mental block i’m having. My attempts to finally put it to an end have been ceaseless. No luck yet. It has been my hope and focus that I can get to the bottom of it and move on so I can finally truly learn again. Though this has been affecting me, I still believe I am getting an abundance of information from my classes without a doubt. But, because of said blockage I don’t think I am fully reaching my potential. This year has been a complete change from my experiences. I will never be able to get the most out of my classes until I conquer my own mind. So, in this way I am lacking. I feel as if I am a disappointment to myself because I am out of control. It is the worse feeling, knowing you’re hydroplaning and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. At the beginning of this year I told myself “I’m not expecting anything because nothing can be worse than last year.” I have yet to prove myself wrong. For now, I will continue to figure out the reasoning behind what is different for me this year, and how it is affecting me in this way. There is always a reason for something. Whatever wall or force is in my way, I plan to face it and finally change. That way I will not only be learning, I will be learning for me.
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ReplyDeleteOne thing that I learned this year were definitely all those vocab words. I also learned that I don’t have drive to the things I don’t agree with. That’s normal, I think. The MC Quizzes are infuriating. I don’t understand whyyy I can’t be good at them. And it’s not just these quizzes it’s anything that includes multiple choice. I’m so bad and I don’t know why. Why I can’t pick the right answer. Taking these make me feel like a cretin. A simpleton. I personally want to know more grammar, because listening to podcasts about grammar on Spotify is not working for me. They get boring and I fall asleep. I know that grammar is a process and I could show you some journal entries from 2014. Not pretty. I feel as it would be more beneficial when it comes to writing. I beat around the bush too much when I do anything really and I want to work on getting to the point. Another thing I want to work on is how to think like those smart people who make the tests. Because i realized that they’re not asking me what I believe is the right answer. They’re asking me what THEY believe is the right answer. Sometimes that’s hard, because I’ll disagree. So I want to learn to agree to disagree and get the right answer. At the beginning of the year I thought this class was going to be so different to what it actually is. I thought I was going to have to drop out from both my AP classes to be honest with you. You could say I’m pleased with the class, I like being in there. I’m not living up to my expectations. I’ve never have. I think it’s because deep down I know I could be so much more and I’m the only person holding me back. Since December I’ve also been having a hard time with myself. So we seeked out “medical assistance” you could say and after a month I decided that it wasn’t working. This year so far I really let myself down. Im better than I was two weeks ago. So progress, I guess. I need to work on being more raw. I always have my walls up and I want people to know more about me. But my mind goes back to all the times that’s (excuse my French) fucked me over. At the moment I’m teaching myself how to not procrastinate. I watched tons of videos and read hecka articles. Now I have to implement my plan. Which is to have a set schedule, also I’m starting bullet journaling again. It helped a lot last year. I like our class. When I step in class it feels as if I’m not learning. In the context that I’m having fun. I’m learning but it doesn’t feel like it. If you know what I mean. I like how we talk about real life stuff too because in my other classes the word politics is like saying “illegal immigrant” in front of Trumps face. A mayhem. I appreciate how everyone goes into the class with a open mind, and we all know how to respect each others opinions. That’s my favorite thing about this class.
ReplyDeleteThe journey of education is an infinite one. We are always on this journey, and we continue through this journey at whatever pace we wish. Like every journey, we will encounter road bumps, potholes, or even barriers. But we will always continue through this journey because we never stop learning. This blog post is almost like a checkpoint, allowing me to reflect on my journey throughout the years. It's a great sense of nostalgia, thinking about my learning career in a retrospective manner, but time goes on and I'm glad this journey is continuing as well.
ReplyDeleteOn September 4th, I came into school thinking I would be crushed under an avalanche of homework and assignments, which is somewhat true. The workload has increased, but it is manageable as long as you compartmentalize and manage your time wisely. Which I cannot do. I wish I could stop procrastinating completely and use my time efficiently. Because of my perpetual habit of procrastination, I don't believe I've been working to my full potential, and I hope I can change that as time passes. This class, like all my others this year, has taught me a great deal, and I've learned something every day. When it comes to academics, I single day hasn't gone by where I haven't learned something new. However, I still seem to struggle with some concepts in Calculus relating to series and sequences. When it comes to this class, I feel as if I've grown as not only a writer but also an analyst. English has always been my weakest subject in school and this class has improved my ability to analyze writing and extract necessary information. I've gotten more out of this class than I ever thought I could get out of English, mainly because this class has been expanded beyond just writing and reading. The vocab quizzes are my favorite because they expand my word selections and passively improve my writing quality. I would also like to write more AP essays in class because I feel that is my weak point in AP Lang. This year has been great so far and I think a few adjustments to my work habits would go a long way, improving the rest of my junior year.
One thing I’ve learned since September 4th, I now know how to underestands readings better because of the SOAPSTONE method of analyzing an article, but i can’t seem to grasp how to keep my room clean. In order to help myself in that field, i feel like i should focus more on my organization, routine, & consistency skills moving forward. I would like to see more of my brothers… I feel like due to the students, including myself, im and getting the most out of the class. I’m on a state of general confusion about my future so I dont feel as if im performing at the best of my ability. In order to be more organized i feel i have to spend more time and energy focusing on the little things that will stop the big messes. Im growing in knowledge more than acedemics at this moment in time.
ReplyDeleteOne huge thing i have learned about was all the vocab words. More than 90% of them i have never even heard of before. I mainly want to focus on vocab and reading comprehension. I'm definitely learning a lot but i don't think it's the most i can. I'm not a very good test taker so that's why i'm trying to improve my reading comprehension so i can't do better on standardized tests. The MC quizzes are probably what i'm worst at. I used to just answer them usually by guessing but i'm trying to get better at figuring out MC questions. I'm also really bad at doing MC without reading the passage first. I always do better when i skim the passage so i can at least know a little about what the questions are about.
ReplyDeleteI’ve learned a lot since the first day of school. This whole school year so far hasn’t treated me well and I realized that I am not good with balancing my school work and my life at the same time. My time management and work ethic have gotten worse as the months go by. I’ve learned a lot about myself and when it comes to school I really have only learned in our class and in my psychology class. Every other class I have I genuinely don’t learn anything in or learn anything that’s useful. Everyday I’m in math or history I always ask myself “Why am I sitting here right now?”, everything I’m taught I am never going to remember. In Lang though, it’s so simple to learn because of the environment and the assignments. I get a lot of “fits” when it comes to math. I can pay attention in class and when it comes to certain lessons it just doesn’t click. I know that the work really isn’t hard, I blame myself for the grades I have. I just have learned a lot about myself. In this class. I could be better at math a lot but a lot of my anxiety and overthinking and constantly feeling bad gets in the way when it comes to asking questions or wanting extra help. I realize now that I rather ask for help then to fail again and again. I have learned a lot when it comes to life or just “school” stuff. I really want to focus on writing and mc quizzes, on some of them I’ve done well or decent but I want to improve because I want to be prepared for the ap exam. I really love writing so it upsets me that this year I haven’t been able to really try my absolute best on an essay, I feel like I could’ve done so much better on my essays for Lang or dbqs for apush but I am struggling a lot with how to stop letting my personal life and mental health issues get in the way of my school work. I’m not living up to my expectations at all and it disappoints me a lot and leads to me being mad at myself a lot. I’ve lost a lot of self love and one of the reasons why is because I really don’t work hard like I used to a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteUnsurprisingly, I feel that I have learned way more than I have ever in an English class ever since 6th grade, maybe. Isn’t that weird? Maybe it’s because this is an AP class-- or maybe because it’s Bunje who’s teaching me. I’m definitely getting way more out of this class than I would have with any other English class, based on my past experiences. I can say with confidence that I have learned in more ways than one. Whether it be different test-taking strategies or a technique on writing an essay, I have undoubtedly improved. Compared to the beginning of the year, I have a better grasp on multiple choice quizzes, the format of a debate, and how to write essays using SOAPStone. I feel like I’ve always had it in me, but my own brain gets in the way. Even before this year, I always had a feeling that that was how I felt. However, it wasn’t until this year that I was given methods of correcting myself. Despite my change in feelings, I still struggle with multiple choice quizzes. I am aware of the fact that I get into my own head too often. When I’m in the moment and taking the quiz, I still somehow end up getting more things wrong than I expected. And of course, when I see the correct answers, I feel like throwing my hands up and giving up because of how close I was to getting the answer right. I definitely need to learn how to trust myself. I think I fake my own confidence. I tell myself, “Sure, you should go with your gut, but… what if…?” It’s always those “what ifs” that get me twisted and tangled. I’m not entirely sure what I need to do to fix that. Part of it is my own fault. Not to go off topic, but being brought up the way that I was (awkward and shy) was a contributing factor to my lack of confidence. However, I feel like I have gotten out of that unfortunate cycle of my life and I have begun to put myself out there more. I hope I can improve in my writing and comprehension ability as well.
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