Cody+Final+Reflection

When I first came into this class, I did not know what to expect. I was a high school student who had never had the experience of taking a college class before. When the first day came, I was nervous, and rethought about why I chose to take the college class in the first place. When I walked into class, I was handed a schedule. This consisted of all the journals we would be writing, and when they would be due. It also told us what we would be doing in class for the next few weeks. The first journal I wrote was only a few sentences. Not a whole lot of detail and consisted only of the thoughts necessary to fulfill the task asked of me. The next day we had class, I came to realize that this would not cut it in a college class, because I did not receive the grade I was expecting. The college grading scale is much different then high school grading scale. It was more harsh and much more was expected from me. I eventually learned how to make my journals more “college appropriate”. Journals were not the only things that we were expected to write. There were formal essays as well. The first essay I wrote that I was extremely proud of was my personal narrative. It was very detailed, I used many good descriptive adjectives, and my grammar was not horrifying. I could already tell that this class was going to pay off very well in the long run. When I got my grade back, I got an A. I was very pleased with this grade and made me want to continue to make all of my essays just as good as this one. The short essays that we read were mostly on controversial topics. This helped me to form my own opinion on these topics. The reading was very mature, and helped my reading skills to improve greatly. I can now read and understand more indepth and harder readings. This has helped me to become a smarter and more mature reader. This college class experience has created a new level of education for me as well as starting a new stage in my life. When I attend college in the fall, I will know what is expected of me, what the grading is like, and how to manage my time wisely. My papers will also be more mature and well written. This class has helped me to grow as not only a student but as a person too. It has helped to achieve a better understanding of a college class.