Semester Reflection

The “Most Beautiful Work Award” for my writing goes to my personal statement, without a doubt.  It's a work of love and labor - I've spent countless hours on it, getting it reviewed by my peers and mentors.  It's my personal favorite piece of this year, and I hope it helps with my college admission process.  As a reader, I have learned to analyze what I'm reading more deeply, thanks to the Inquiry Project.

I've learned how to write well.  It's simple, sure, but a great skill to have.  Between my in-class essays and longer pieces, I really learned a lot about writing both with a time constraint and with more preparation time.  Other than this, I really expanded with creative writing with my own short story - it can be seen in my blog.  I have never written like that before, I wrote like a man possessed.  I'm pretty happy with the end product, as well.


There are several "Lessons I'd Like to Learn".  I feel that I need to be able to analyze writing more deeply, for one.  When reading Vonnegut, I heard that he used several metaphors, I never caught them.  I think I'm too used to reading casually that I focus on the story alone, and completely ignore some of the more subtle hints.  As for the next semester, I really don't know.  This English class has been amazing so far, thanks a lot!