Eric Oberminer's Essay 'Taken For Granted'

This English class was the best English class I have ever had. There were no tests, vocabulary quizzes, or in class essays, which made the class less stressful. Before this English class, I was afraid that I would not enjoy writing many essays or writing so many words in one paper. Afterwards, essays have become something that is not so much my favorite task in the world, but it has become more enjoyable to an extent. Professor Sullivan’s class has taught me to formally write a research paper, to analyze a book through responding to different quotes from the story or novel, to understand magical realism, and to understand my own passion for school and how much effort I will be willing to put out in years to come.

A person living with the circumstances of Erik Weihenmayer may have a difficult time accepting them, and making the best of the situation- and justly so. They would be presented with an exhausting conglomeration of obstacles. Erik Weihenmayer learned to accept his situation. He chose not to see it as a road block to a fulfilling life, and went on to climb some of the world’s tallest peaks, attain an education and a career, and his face on the cover of Time Magazine.. The essay “Blindly he goes up”, it is disclosed that Weihenmayer became lost while trying to find his way to a gym, only to arrive once it had closed for the day. He chose to see the situation as an adventure rather than a nightmare. He faced life with an exemplary attitude, and

Overall, the essay seemed to lack flow as a result of a noticeable absence of transition words. The essay had bad syntax. Each paragraph seemed to be scenario after scenario and each sentence seemed to be idea after idea. For example, in the first paragraph, the list consisted of multiple sentences, instead of just one sentence with commas. “But they are few: Being mistaken for a wheat field by a cloud of locusts. Being buried alive”...“Interviews from film festivals.”, this seemed like an awful way to list ideas. In addition, the fourth paragraph of the essay was made up of only 2 sentences, one

I found that the excerpt focused primarily on the process of writing resonated with me the greatest. As a student, I feel as though many teachers I have had in the past stressed that the final work students submit must be high quality, yet they did not construe nor fixate on the course of action that is needed to be taken in order to meet their standards. I feel as though this has affected me negatively because I haven’t prioritized time as a tool that will ensure I put in an immense amount of effort. The argument that a large proportion of student writing presently is arhetorical

When I got this essay back, I was surprised by the grade I acquired. It motivated me to put more thought into my essays, and at least

My least favorite essay had to be the writing styles one. It was to me very boring and difficult for me since I did not know how my writing style really was. I thought that the topic was very dull and lacked any interesting qualities. In my opinion it was stupid to write about our writing styles. It was hard for me to even write a

I am really proud of myself and happy with the result of the essay because it is not a bad paper. There are a few grammers mistake, but it was less than what I was expecting. The sentences structure are clear and it is understandable to the reader. Overall, I am very proud of how my paper turn out and I am happy with the first grade.

Lastly, self-evaluation is a key component to writing an effective essay. Even though I was able to have student feedback for my essays; self-evaluation is important for me to be able to determine my strengths and weaknesses in my writing. After composing each essay I was required to compose a self-evaluation. The evaluations describe what I consider the strong points in the essay, and were I felt I still needed to

There was many steps that helped me improve in this class including drafts and peer-evaluation worksheets. Having a rough draft is one of the best ways to help me improve on my essays because it gives me a professional eye to see the problems that I’m not able to. Discussing the prompts of our essays had benefited me because it gave me a sense of direction of where I should start and another perspective. Peer-evaluation worksheets are also one of the great tools used to improve my writing because it gave me a different approach on my essay that is by peers. They wrote some particularly useful revisions I should make to increase the value of my writing. By having a rubric to follow as guidelines had immensely improved

I came into this class expecting to fly through it to complete the necessary credits for college. I got instead was an education through writing that will help me further myself in my future career choices. I wish that I had only worked harder on the essays I was given to write to help my grades and future even more. I valued the lessons and instruction on the different forms of essays that came from attending this class. My next step is to continue that path that was made possible with the skills that I have acquired from this course.

Over the past year I had a chance to develop a deeper understanding of what it takes to develop successful paper. Taking English 1010 was a great experience because it prepares students on becoming better writers through college life. Even though this is my second year in college I was unable to take English 1010 the first year, but taking this class truly show me what college professors are looking for when we are ask to write a successful paper. College professors expect every student to be able to evaluate each topic and be descriptive in their essay.

All of the essays’ were well written my least favorite however was “Returning to Peru” by Anna. I think the essay is great at explaining her driving force at wanting to be enrolled at John Hopkins

Comments- This essay is very striking personally to me. I share some of the feeling

During my English comp summer session class, I was instructed to read several essays and give my feedback on them. In my opinion, the last three writings were probably the most memorable and important. “Hurricane Katrina”, a story on the immediate and after affects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, was first of these three stories. It focused on real life experiences of people who lived through it, victims giving their heartrending testimonies. “It’s Not Just A Bike”, is about Lacey Taylor and her tireless pursuit in her cause to help bring to a halt thieves stealing bikes from off her school campus. Another story I read was “Free The Children”. It gave constructive criticism to parents who would not generally let

Throughout this semester we have had to write many types of essays. Although this is a college English class there is still room for improvement. I made much improvement during the semester of the class. I was able to identify my weaknesses. I learned how to make improvements to the areas I was having problems in. Although each essay we did was different I was able to begin with one essay and throughout the semester turn it into two other essays. I was able to change my style of writing to fit the type of audience I was working with. I will continue to work on my writing and keep improving it.