English 101

Even though online class was not new to me, when I first started this class it was really frustrating. I have read and read the syllabus more often but nothing seems to knock off my head. When I saw something I did not remember where I read it. It took me a while to get used to the material. Of course I made so many mistakes till the past two weeks. The tone of work in each week was another headache for me. I have never had this much assignments in my previous online classes. I guess I have to understand this is college level; I have to fit in that environment. The good thing is I did it, I have placed every bit of my time for this class and I understand I succeeded. I don’t want to skip to other points before I say thank you to Professor Gross. Especially those encouraging words she provided us, makes me to holdfast till the end. At one time I even wrote her an e-mail while I was in an emotion. Later when I read it, it clearly shows how I was frustrated. But she knows how to calm us and how to guide us. For all the support you provided me, words can’t explain but I say thanks in million. Even if the course has a lot of hectic work, it is for good. I never had blogging experience before, blogging I thought is something for someone who is perfect in writing…don’t forget the world wide audience. This course was an eye opening in dealing this thinking. I was able to convene my ideas, to share others thoughts, to learn from others, to argue, to agree and disagree in many phenomenon of writing. I love reading as many blogs as possible; this is how I understand mostly what I should write before I run my fingers on the keyboard. I really like giving responses to my classmates, especially on those who raised controversial ideas. Most of all I love love reading responses forwarded to me; I guess I love feedback from anyone. I have created a new e-mail that was serving for this class only, whenever my email pops-up with any of responses that are provided to me I was totally eager to read. This course really helps me to read and read. It definitely improves my writing ability. I was not good enough to write on subjects I am not familiar with, it is a good thing because of the tension I am now able to write on any topic. It thought me to find additional information from literatures, then I added up my ideas blended with what I read …there goes harmony. For the most part of the group work I love our PDR, it really gave me a short cut to see what my classmates are unto. I love reading their papers and their feedback for me. I mostly have improved my writing skill on the essays; I know most of the topics were very difficult to express them in words. This is the good part of challenge, from it new things grew. The other aspect of this course where I have challenged mostly was the reading discussion forum, imagine for someone who is not accustomed with this nations musicians and music environment, and the prompts ends with questions on musicians which I don’t know. Oh it was a hard time to convene those ideas with mine and prompt a question. But I did it. All in all I have definitely changed for the better, the better writing style, understanding, reading, adding up my vocabularies, and good understanding of the music world.