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Final Reflection English 1010 was my first college class, and I have to say that it was a rewarding experience. It undoubtedly helped me with my writing and reading comprehension, and it gave me valuable experience as to what a college class may be like. I feel this class helped me immensely, and am glad that I chose to take this course. During my time in English 1010, I wrote many different types of essays. I wrote a descriptive essay, a personal narrative, a research paper, a comparison and contrast essay, and finally a classification essay. I had never written a classification essay before, so that one was new for me. It was very difficult to write the research paper, mainly because it is a very time consuming process that requires a lot of effort and thought. But because it took so long to write, the research paper was also the most rewarding. When I finally finished, I felt so accomplished. I know I will have to write more research paper in college, so this experience will surely help. The main genre that was used in English 1010 was nonfiction. I read many essays that dealt with many different types of topics like smoking, TV addiction, psychology, human suffering, and most importantly how to write well. What was really new to me was an entire essay devoted entirely to enhancing my writing abilities. I had never read an essay about “The Perfect Paragraph.” I thought it was going to be really boring, but it was actually enlightening. It definitely helped me improve my writing, and that was the most rewarding part. The most difficult part of the reading was keeping up with the journals; the readings themselves were easy enough to comprehend. What I learned from reading all of these essays and writing the journals was how to analyze the author’s point of view and form my own opinions effectively. One of my favorite things about English 1010 was that it honestly helped me improve my writing through in depth lessons on sentence variety, writing style, paragraphing, comma usage, and sentence structure. The comma workshop was definitely new to me. I had never had a teacher before spend that much time on comma usage. I’m glad that my professor spent the time to teach me the rules of commas, and I know the rules will help me every time I write. There was nothing difficult about these lessons. They were very in depth but at the same time very easy to comprehend. I found each lesson to be rewarding, because each lesson helped me improve my writing dramatically. My favorite reading assignment was by far “Sex, Lies, and Conversation.” It was so interesting to read about how differently men and women communicate with each other. I always knew there had to be a difference, because girls always ask “Why aren’t you listening to me?” when I actually am. My favorite writing assignment was the classification essay. I love to ski, and the different personalities on the slopes have always interested me. It was fun to put it all down on paper. My biggest challenge was by far procrastination. It is something I have always had a problem with, but in this class I took things more seriously and didn’t wait until the last minute. Hopefully this will carry on. I found the lesson on how to fail a test the least valuable. I already knew everything in that slide show, and I’m almost certain that my peers did as well. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed English 1010. It taught me how to write effectively and exposed me to all different types of essays and opinions. I will use the knowledge I gained from this class for the rest of my academic career.