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Whew, this semester has definitely been a long one! I’m glad that it is almost over, and I have learned a lot over the course of these past four months. Being in this English Composition class, I have learned a lot; my writing skills have increased dramatically, as well as my self-esteem regarding my writing. Coming out of high school, I thought I was a horrible writer. I didn’t expect to get an A in my college level English classes, but now it seems possible.

I think my biggest downfall with my writings were a lack of experience and my confidence towards my writing. Since then, we’ve written so much that I feel like my vocabulary and flow in my works has increased. I know that I don’t struggle at all with piecing together opinion pieces, however come next semester when we have to analyze pieces of literature I may have some trouble. After that semester, if I improve the way I did this semester, than I should be skilled with that too!

When it comes down to argumentations, I feel like I really have a good handle on how to piece together a good argument and establish my points and opinions well. I can debate well, and use information in ways that enforce my ideas. I’m a good critical thinker, I have had no problem developing opinions and using good examples to support them.

My comfort level with class discussion is very high, at least in most classes. In this English class, at nine o’clock in the morning, I’m usually pretty tired and don’t get as involved as I do in classes such as chemistry or biology, which I find very fascinating. However, I have never had any problem talking in front of people or adding to conversations in classes.

Now that this semester is over, I feel so much better about my writing, my school work, and just my life. I love it up here at Young Harris, and I’ve been able to get good grades thus far. Since the beginning of the year, though, I’ve given up on having a 4.0. I’ll have all A’s and one B, in my one hour Honors Program seminar. It stinks that I can’t make the 4.0, but sometimes things happen. The Honors class is just something I haven’t really been able to get a good grasp of, but only one B isn’t bad! All in all though, I’m just glad to be able to go home for a month and relax.