Reflection of the Class

Unfortunately, the time has come to part ways with this class. A lot has changed since the beginning of the semester. At the beginning of the semester, I was very confused on the assignments purpose, and why I continually received bad grades. As the semester progressed, I felt that I got better at knowing the purpose of the assignment and understanding the prompt better. However, I feel that I wish we talked about more during class. I feel that most of the class periods were taken up with explanation of the assignments, instead learning more about rhetoric and language and substantial work. I feel that I did not leave the class wanting to learn more or continue readings, but just to get by and do well on the class. I feel like grades were a big deal in the class, which inhibited us to be full engaged in learning, instead having us focus on trying to raise our grades. I agree that grades are important, but if the majority or some part of the class is constantly worried or failing an introductory English course, it might not be a reflection of the students in the class, but the instructor. I feel that it is a part of professor's job to  try and make sure that his/her students are doing well, or have more chances to improve. It shows an obvious problem if the grades in an introductory course are not at least above average. I feel that most of the grading was arbitrary, so it was hard for us to improve our writing throughout the semester.