During the course of both English composition courses I took this
             year, which include English 101 and English 102, I have accomplished a
             variety of goals I once thought were unattainable. I have not only grown as
             a writer and a student, but as a person as well. I feel that through my
             experience of these English courses, I have gained the knowledge and
             confidence it takes to step out into the real world.
             To be quite honest, all my academic life, I always categorized
             writing under English class only; however, I recently realized that the
             skills you acquire in English courses, will be extremely beneficial to you.
             Whether it is writing a business letter, to a history essay, knowing how to
             write, is always a must. As a young child, I loved to write stories to my
             mom, while using my creative, deep imagination. Writing was always a way
             for me to escape my every day life and jump into a much more elaborate,
             carefree, world of creativity. Although, I always enjoyed writing, during
             high school, I would often find myself frustrated considering I had the
             worst case of writer's block. I constantly felt that I did not know how to
             write "correctly," which caused me to begin to despise writing all
             During the course of my English 101 class, we learned how to read
             closely, write a "text in context" essay, and how to write a reflective
             paper as well. Honestly, I found English 101 a breeze for me, possibly
             because my teacher was EXTREMELY laid back, and we never were pushed out of
             our comfort zones. At that specific time, I thought I was lucky because I
             was getting easy grades for a small amount of efforts. I was surprised for
             this outcome, because during high school I always thought college English
             was going to be much more difficult.
             Now with English 101 over, I was faced with English 102. Possibly due
             to my feelings towards my English 101 class, I thought English 102 was
             going to be similar. I w...