Terry Teach

English 102

Laura Cline

29April 2012

Reflection on the Course

     I have learned that knowing the audience is very important. The author needs to specific and detailed information in order to get the response they are trying to achieve from the audience.

     People including myself do not like to give constructive criticism but it helps when someone points out the mistakes that I am making and in return my grade is better.

      I have also learned to re-read the syllabus and instructions.

      I have learn to copy and save future assignment when  the instructor post them early so we have more time to complete them  the date they are due in order to not forget where the instruction is.

     There are going to be many deadlines for tasks that need to be completed. I will write tasks and deadline dates in several places in order to get them done in time. I understand what is meant by all written work is part fictional. (unknown)

     Most of the readings were confusing or maybe just above my reading compression level, for the most part they did not make much sense to me, I really enjoyed Winter’s Bone, even if it did have some adverse effects on me. I found very factual for being fiction.

     I spent much more time on class that what was suggested in the syllabus. A lot of time was spent the navigation of the Yavapai college web site to find the resources I needed. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what th

      I did find this class extremely challenging and I am grateful it has come to an end. I will take these two weeks before summer classes start and get some rest.  
      I now research more to find supportive information that can be used more easily while citing work.

      I have only one topic sentence and stick to the topic of that paragraph.

      I work full-time Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00p.m. I work until 10:00 or 11:00 week day nights and most Saturdays and Sundays sometimes all day on the weekends if I had been distracted earlier in the week.

       I am taking a second English class. The assignments for this class were due on Tuesdays, thankfully.

       My two grown daughters both had to move back home. Both moves took hours from my study time. Just get back on task and do it.

      My twelve year old son received a long term suspension and I had to set him up on a virtual school in order for him to finish 6^th grade. This was by far the greatest challenge this semester. It took two weeks to get him set up and two weeks to get him to adjust to not having supervision while doing his homework and constant reminders that taking shortcuts were not helping him.  When I get home from work I grade his papers, check his online work make sure he had not taken short cuts. Now it I have time to get to my school work done.