Yohan+Reflection

Reflection

Throughout the semester, Mrs. Lowry’s English 1010 class has been assigned to write many different essays. But there were a few I had never written before; the classification essay, personal narrative, and descriptive essay. Out of these three, the classification essay was my favorite. The classification paper allowed me to write about something that I really loved, which is dreaming. The personal narrative was fun, because I was able to share a traumatizing, yet funny story that changed my life. And the descriptive essay brought forth memories of the **old** New Orleans, and my childhood. My biggest challenge was the research paper. I was so sure that the assignment was going to be easy, because my topic was on the ninja. I, being an extreme anime fan, was excited and thought I could start on this later because I know all there is to know about the ninja. Conceded much? I spent an endless amount of hours on the internet looking for information that I did not already know. I had a lot of trouble finding different information on ninja. And it was very hard trying to stretch it to reach the eight page minimum. I thought it was hopeless, until I came across this amazing website called the Illuminated Lantern. It shed some light into my life. Another thing that was extremely tiring about this paper was the fact that, at the same time I had a ten page paper due in my Western Civilization class. Of course one writing topic was more interesting than the other, but that was still a lot of typing! My favorite reading assignment was ‘Bozo Revisited’. It was a sad story, but the events in the story taught the main character a lesson in life. Everything is not always what it appears to be. These are words that I take to heart. I think about them before I call anyone my friend. PEOPLE are not always who they appear to be. I really enjoyed this class, and the work (EXCEPT THE RESEARCH PAPER!). I was able to do all of the things that I like to do, so I was never really stressed about the work. Plus, the majority of the essay’s that everyone was assigned to write about, were our choice! We didn’t have to write about one thing specifically. And that is something that a writer needs, space. We need room to let our imaginations run wild.