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Anthony Davila
English 1010
Professor McKeever
31 July 2014
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My !eflections
Dear Professor McKeever"
When # signed u$ for English 1010 # did not %no& &hat to e'$ect( #t had )een a
long ti*e since # had ta%en a English class( # found that # had forgot *any things( +ut
&hen # logged into +lac%)oard you had clear sylla)us $osted coherent directions
outlining each ste$ to ta%e( ,ne trait # no& have great res$ect for is $unctuality( As the
&ee%s $asted # fell into a $attern( # %ne& ho& *uch ti*e # needed to co*$lete each
Discussion )oard or Essay- and as this course &as ta%en online- each &ee% had the sa*e
assign*ent deadlines( # fell li%e *y &ritings have vastly i*$roved in *any areas fro*
the first essay to the last( .he follo&ing is &hat # have learned s$ecifically fro* each
assign*ent- )ut in reality # have learned so *uch *ore( .he s%ills that # have a*assed
and honed &hile ta%ing this course &ill stay &ith *e and assist *e throughout *y future(
.he first assign*ent &as .he /oundtrac% of My 0ife( # had to dust off the old
&riting s%ills( #t &as a en1oya)le assign*ent- anyti*e # can relive good ti*es in *y life #
&ill 1u*$ at the o$$ortunity( #t &as tuff narro&ing the story of *y life do&n to three
songs( Still in Love, Best Day of My Life, Happy, fit *y life to a tee( #t too% *e a *inute
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to figure out ho& to start )ut once # got started # 1ust %ee$ rolling on( #t &as a good essay
to$ic to get *y feet &et(
.he second assign*ent &as the 2arrative essay( 3aving done one essay # started
getting a routine( # )egin thin%ing of *e*ories and stories of *y life( # learned a
valua)le s%ills fro* &riting the 2arrative( #t taught *e ho& to add e*otion to *y
&riting- &hich is so*ething that # have al&ays struggled &ith since # really don4t share
*y feeling( At first- # &rote the 2arrative al*ost fro* an outside vie&( ,f course- it &as
&ritten in a first $erson $oint5of5vie&- )ut the feeling 1ust &as not there( After re&riting
the essay- # &as final a)le to $our out *y feeling and *e*ories in this assign*ent(
.he third essay &as fun for *e( #t aloud *e to &rite a)out so*ething # ta%e a
interest in- *y &ife *ay say 6too *uch of a interest in7 she *ay )e right( # &rote a
revie& on a video ga*e na*ed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim( #t is not only a fun ga*e to
$lay- )ut a great ga*e to &rite a)out( .he !evie& essay hel$ed *e to &rite *y o$inion
on a $roduct( My li%es and disli%es on the su)1ect hel$ed &ith the essays to co*e(
+y the fourth essay- # &as already a)le to see i*$rove*ent in *y &riting in
general( #n this &ee%4s tas% # had to &rite a su**ary on Professor Paul !o)erts- How to
Say othin! in "## $ords( # *ust ad*it- the article itself actually hel$ed *e enhance *y
&riting( .he 6rules7 that Professor !o)erts set &ere fantastic and enlightening- and # find
*yself thin%ing a)out the* &hen # &rite anything( 8or e'a*$le- # can use 6.a%e the
0ess 9sual /ide7 it hel$ed *e to challenge *yself to choose the *ore difficult side of a
argu*ent( .he su**ari:ing for *e &as an incredi)ly i*$ortant s%ill to learn( # tend to
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&rite too *any details and # can never cut things do&n to a &ord li*it( Writing this
su**ary truly assist *e in $racticing *any great suggestions(
#n &ee% si'- # en1oyed &riting an evaluation on A*y hua4s $hy %hinese Moms
&re S'perior( #t *ade reali:e that # a* a good $arent( #t also hel$ed *e see that there are
*any &ays to rise children- there is no right or &rong &ay as long as the child is ha$$y
and healthy( Parents need to consider their %ids feeling along &ith doing &hat is right for
the*( ,nce again this essay hel$ed *e to &rite *y o$inion on a su)1ect( #t also hel$ed
reali:e it is o%ay that others *ay vie& thing differently then *yself(
#n essay si' # &rote *y o&n argu*ent- though re;uiring lots of hard &or%- it &as
very satisfying( My argu*ent &as for /chool <oucher4s( .he su)1ect # &rote a)out is
near and dear to *e seeing ho& one of *y %ids go to a charter school( #t &as nice for a
change to argue for so*ething( # feel this essay hel$ed *e )ring out *any $oints $eo$le
*ay not have reali:ed(
.hroughout this course # i*$roved in nu*erous different as$ects of &riting( ,ne
of the *ain areas that # &as strengthened in is .hesis /tate*ent( Each &ee%- # sent *y
&ritings to /*art.hin%ing- and # &as fre;uently advised to correct *y thesis( 2o&- # feel
that # a* *uch *ore $roficient in &riting a .hesis /tate*ent( # have also i*$roved in
adding e*otion *y &ritings and evaluating other &riters( # &ill ta%e *any things a&ay
fro* this course that &ill hel$ *e in college and in *y future career( .han% you for all
your hel$ and advice- you have taught *e *any great things(
/incerely-
Anthony Davila- =/00>?0@>2