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Reflection essay for freshman year english, professor gave good feedback...

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Last Name 1 English 115 Word Count: 687 Reflection Waking up for the first day of school is the most challenging day ever. I woke up for the first day of my Junior year of high school ready to go. My first period was my AP English class, and I was so nervous. This was the first advanced English class I had ever taken, and it’s my worst subject. I got myself to go and try it out to see if I could survive the whole year. Right off the bat we start talking about this dreaded AP test at the end of the year, immediately I got extremely nervous. I looked around just to see all the “smart” kids in my grade making me feel out of place, but I told myself that it will help me in the long run. I decided to stay in the class for the whole year, even though it was challenging. Throughout the year we had to do multiple timed writes and many essays. This helped me tremendously in my writing and with my vocab. I would receive fine grades on all my essays but then we would do the multiple-choice reading sections, and that’s where my grade plummeted. I never stopped practicing because I wanted to be able to pass the AP test at the end of the year, well so I thought. The AP test finally comes around after months of practice, and I honestly felt pretty good about how I did on the test. After a few more months of waiting I got my results, they weren’t what I wanted. I got a 2 on my AP test which means I failed, it was the most discouraging thing of the year. Shortly after it was time to sign up for senior year classes, I knew what I wanted to take except for one subject. The tough choice I had to make was to take another AP English class even though I failed the last AP test, or have an easy year in the normal Senior English class. I weighed out the pros and cons and, in the end, I decided to take the AP Literature class at my

Last Name 2 school. I knew that English was not the best subject for me, so I thought if I kept challenging myself, I could be more comfortable with it. I took the class but made the decision to not take the AP test. I didn’t want to spend the money on another test if I failed the last one. I’m glad I pushed myself in high school because it made English in college much more satisfying. The transition into college wasn’t all that hard for me, I’ve done many summer camps where I would be away from my family for long periods of time. And this year I wasn’t worried about English being as much as a challenge for me, but I didn’t expect to like it as much as I do. The first essay I wrote was about something I was very knowledgeable about and interested in, which was different from the prompts I would write about in high school. I enjoyed the writing process of this essay, which made it so much easier to write. When I was done with it and I reread the final product for the last time I was proud of myself, I didn’t think I could ever write a good essay. After this I knew I was ready for more. Knowing I have the ability to write a presentable essay made writing all the other essays this year much better and so much more enjoyable. This mentality set me up to succeed in not only English but my whole semester. The person that helped me with my academics this semester was Professor SpitlerLawson, so thank you. The way she teaches had the ability to teach me more about English than I had learned in all of high school. She taught me a new way to look at every situation and showing me that English isn’t all that bad. She gave me a new love for English and made my love for CSUN grow....