Throughout the course of this semester, I began to pick up on a few things that I probably could have changed to be more successful. In regards to English 1900, I can name a few areas in which I could have improved upon.
The first is that I should not have judged the class by the grade I got on the first assignment. I will admit, the first grade that I got back freaked me out. The first thought in my head was, "Oh boy, looks like this is gonna be a toughie." So for the next couple of weeks I kind of gave up hope that I'll have a chance of getting a semi-decent grade in the class. However I learned later on that I could actually pull out a good grade on some of the assignments, and all of the sudden I was inspired to put more into the class.
During that period where I gave up hope I acquired a bunch of nasty habits. The first was one of the biggest stigmas that students face, procrastination. I can honestly say that there were not too many papers that I did not write the night before. Also, I did not even take the time to read them over again to look for mistakes. So when the final paper came around the corner and I saw how many mistakes I made on that on the first draft, I realized quickly that my previous papers were probably infested with errors. Even this blog post that I'm writing at 11:30 at night will probably have a bunch of mistakes simply because my procrastination has not gotten much better.
Those are just a few of the things that I would go back and change, but knowing me, I will probably struggle to get rid of these habits now that they're already in place. I'll say that I'll change, but I'm all talk and little game.
I definitely agree with you when you said you should not have judged this course based of our first assignment grade. When I got my first paper back I was disappointed and confused why I did so poorly. This made me feel discouraged and having started off the class with an F made me worried about how the rest of the year was going to go. If I could go back I would have definitely asked more questions about the assignment and would have gone to writing services to get a second opinion on my paper. This would have helped me receive a better grade and have a better attitude in the beginning of the semester.
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