Write a short autobiography (~3 paragraphs total) of your past and present reading & writing experiences, using the questions below to guide you. The purpose of this autobiography is to have you start to reflect on your own learning process and skills and for me to know you better as a person and a student. I will also evaluate your writing in order to begin to determine how I can help you individually.
Introduction
(Paragraph 1): Start by telling me a little about the person you are now:
What is something that you are good at or deeply enjoy doing?
I am good at setting goals and accomplishing them I enjoy doing this because I feel better as a person and even when I struggle finishing the goal set gives me motivation and purpose.
What are your educational goals?
I have been a community college student since 2017 and I am planning to graduate 2021 with a Business Administration transfer degree. When I transfer to University, I plan to have concentration in human resource management.
How would you describe your own learning style? What works for you and what doesnt work for you? (If youre not sure, you can write that too.)
My learning style consist of lots of note taking, thorough reading and following with a good amount of study time. If I am unsure or need clarification, Ill ask the instructor or seek peer support.
Body (Paragraph 2): Take me through your development in reading & writing:
Describe a positive memory of reading and/or writing from prior courses. (If you cant think of a positive memory, but do have a negative memory that you feel comfortable sharing, please do.)
A negative memory is when I took EWRT 1 last quarter on campus the instructor was absent a lot and dealing with medical issues that three weeks before the course was coming to a close we got a new instructor and we had to take our mid term and final with her with no properness as the original instructor was absent and didnt share the same teaching style.
Which reading/writing courses have you taken at college? Did anything change from your earlier experiences? Why do you think it changed? Did you find the reading & writing in your college classes difficult or easy? As you now look ahead to EWRT 2, in what areas of writing would you like support?
Ive taken EWRT 1 and passed this class with an A but I feel I could have benefited more with a different instructor who was able to meet at all scheduled class times and followed a lesson plan. My EWRIT 1 instructor seemed aloof and very forgetful. Reading and writing courses are not difficult. However, are very time consuming and if not planned correctly I could fall behind.
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(Paragraph 3): Tell me about your experience with online education and leave me with some final thoughts:
Have you taken any online classes before? If so, what were they?
INTRO WOMEN’S STDS, HUMAN RESOURCE MGMNT, DISCUSSION ON THE ARTS, PRIN MICROECONOMICS, CRITICAL THINKING, KNOWLEDGE AND REALITY
Ive taken many more but these are the recent.
How was your experience with fully online education (if you’ve taken them before)?
When I started community college, I had a newborn and took online classes for the first two years. I started attending classes on campus last quarter and I enjoyed it much more than the online format. I was hoping to finish my classes on campus but nowwithCOVIS-19 we are all now taking our classes online. I would say I am grateful to have experience with online classes prior to the COVID-19.
Describe any positive experiences and any challenges you faced.
A positive experience I had was last quarter and my first on campus class I was my discouraged on the first day of my environmental studies class because the teacher would explain things very quickly and I wasnt confident I could successfully pass the class. I spoke with the teacher and she reassured me to stay in the class and she will work with me to help me with all my needs. She was an amazing teacher and I passed her class with an A. I really appreciate her support and confidence in me this experience was a positive one because it taught me to believe in myself and that if we are uncomfortable then we are learning.
From your reading of my syllabus, what do you imagine to be the most challenging thing(s) about successfully completing the requirements? What are your plans to overcome the challenge(s)? Be as specific as you can.
Some of the challenges I face are scheduling the workload a routine. Since I am quarantined with my two-year-old I have to schedule my class study time around their sleep routine and I plan to do this to the best of my ability.
Is there anything else you feel I should know about you as we start working together? What do you hope to get out of this class?
I hope to get out of this class: Apply critical thinking skills to writing and complex readings. Demonstrate academic (analytical, argumentative) writing based on reading of complex texts. Demonstrate analysis, comparison, synthesis, and documentation of independent research.