Third Times Charm

I began my third-time college career taking three classes; Foundations of Mathematical

Reason, First Year Seminar, and Introduction to College Writing. Oddly enough, this was not my
introduction to college writing. I have taken this course twice before, so this class wasnt
entirely new for me, but more of a refresher. This class reminded me how to properly cite
sources, different styles of pre-writing, grammar rules that I have completely forgotten about,
and different styles of writing. We have focused on many different styles of writing in this
course, my personal favorite being comparison and contrast. I especially enjoyed writing the
essay for this section because it encouraged me to focus on my accomplishments as a student and
how far Ive come as an individual. In the essay Im Sorry, What Time Does Class Start, I
wrote, Changing my attitude, priorities, and what Im focused on affected my life for the
better. This can be applied to many aspects, school being the number one.
As I previously said, this class was more of a refresher course for me. This course was
great because it reminded me how important pre-writing can be, especially if properly laid out.
Pre-writing sets the pace for your whole piece of writing. When it is easily laid out, writing the
essay is the easy part. Also, this course was helpful when determining different styles of writing.
In class, we thoroughly discussed reader response and essay styles. We diagnosed each reader
response, breaking down the main points of each. We analyzed and asked ourselves who, what,
where, when, and why. This was a very important part of the course, if we have not gone over
this in class in such detail, it would have been a lot harder to execute. I really enjoyed the
beginning of this course because it was mostly about personal experience. The hard part was the
second part of class, focusing more on stone cold facts. This class showed me that I am a strong
writer, as long as I am focusing my attention in the right direct ion.
In conclusion, this class was perfect for the beginning of my college career at
Montgomery College. I will be using everything I have learned this semester in every one of my
classes during my college career. This class gave me the confidence and structure I need to
further improve my ability as a student and writer. I plan to use the constructive criticism I
received on my essays to my advantage. I will no longer make my essays all about me (with the
exception of this one!) I will focus more on facts. I do, however, plan to use my strong writing to
create a blog where I can use my personal writing. My blog will assist in building my career as
an Interior Designer. The pre-writing and different styles of writing will come into play when
launching this. I will diagnose my blog posts to properly accomplish the main idea I am aiming
for before posting them. In Shooting Dad by Sarah Vowell she wrote, I will light the fuse. But
I will not cover my ears. This is how I feel about my college career and future. English 101 has
provided me with proof that I am able to succeed, I just need to be a little hard on myself and
take it one paragraph at a time.
 Works Cited.
Lynch, Ashley. Im Sorry, What Time Does Class Start? Unpublished paper. Germantown,
MD, 2017. Print.

Vowell, Sarah. Shooting Dad. The Brief Bedford Reader, 12th Ed. Edited by Kennedy et al,
Bedford/St. Martins, 2014, pp. 146-152.