Austin Jacobs Hippy Midterm

1. I am becoming much more comfortable in this class. I once thought that English was not my forte. Now I am beginning to think that although I may not be as naturally adept at English, I can still be very proficient in this class by exerting a little extra hard work. By asking the teacher, my mother, my sister, and the writing lab for help, I can write excellent papers (or at least good papers :D)

2. I was working on getting to bed on time and waking up on time. I haven't missed a class yet due to sleeping in. I have been getting at least eight hours of sleep a night and have been fairly consistent in my sleep patterns. I think I have been doing excellent in achieving my goal.

3. I want to work on getting some sort of A in this class, whether I can fufill my dream of getting an A or come close with an A-, I would be very happy with either result. I would only be happy with an A- or lower if I knew I had done my very best on every assignment in this class. So far I have worked harder in this class than I have in any English class up to this point. In fact, I would say i've worked 400% harder in this class than any other English class and 150% harder than I thought was possible.

4. My study group can help me by being there for me. I have already had to contact their emails to ask about a couple of due dates and assignments I wasn't sure about. They were extremely helpful peer drafting my paper. I think it is also helpful having them there as peers. They are going through the same stuff I am and its nice to be able to talk about what is giving them a hard time and what is giving me a hard time in this class. Our group is so diverse in talent that each one of us has something to offer the others.

5. Ms. Hendengren has already helped me on both of my papers. She has been very friendly and courteous as I have talked about the weaknesses of my writing; she has also been very efficient in the critiques she gives my paper. I know that I am learning from what she is teaching. The most helpful times I've probably had in this English class have probably been talking one on one with her about what I can do to make my papers better. It is good to learn how to write better, but sometimes it is hard to see exactly what you are doing wrong. It has been so nice to see specific things that I do over and over again so that I can eliminate them from my writing style. I have learned more in this English class about writing than I ever did in High School. Most of it has been hard hard work, but if I hadn't been able to seek help while I was working, I may have worked hard at implementing previous bad writing habits. Ms. Hendengren can keep doing what she is doing to help me.

6. I am most proud of the fact that I am working so hard on my papers. I had over eight drafts of my Rhetorical Analysis paper. I rewrote that thing like ten times or more! I am way proud that I am not content for a C in any class, even a class that I was initially so uncomfortable in. I am working hard to get the very best grade I can in English.