My Learning Fall and Rise

This English class was one class I will not forget. Some might say that this isn’t true or I’m just “speaking out of my ass”. Because I can’t forget about this English class even if I wanted to. Because this class offers more than just teaching me English, it teaches me about life. But I can explain that later on, so how I found all of this out all started when I first entered Dr.Preston’s class on August 12. As I was entering it felt normal, just like an ordinary class until our teacher Dr.Preston started to talk about how this semester is going to plan out and how different this class is going to be and I started to feel like this guy is just another English teacher trying to sell us one of their ideas of “different” and “fun” so I didn’t buy it at all. Until he told us to discuss how we want this semester to go without him in the class because he didn’t want us to feel pressured and he wanted to know that he has full trust in us. So as he said that I was completely caught off guard and now I started to actually felt like it actually might be different.
So everyone chose to do our work on the blogs instead of using a workbook. I was very okay with that because I really wanted something different rather than doing the same old boring thing over and over again. As we started out our semester we were doing journals in everyday in the beginning of class and I actually really liked this because nobody had the same answer and if they did they were answered in a completely different way. Then we either did something Dr. Preston wanted us to read like a novel or something like that. But if not we had to post blogs on our website showing everyone what we do, read, know, and learn. The blog videos were very hard because I didn’t really have the time to do them because the when I get home it’s already 8:00 and I’m very tired and just want to fall asleep. But the actual blogs were kind of challenging because he didn’t really give us a deadline or was watching over our shoulders like a vulture waiting for an animal to drop. He simply explained to us what he had to do and then we were on our own.
I have dealt with many problems in this class but the one I mostly remember was when we were doing essays on “Young Good Man Brown” and “The Pedestrian”. The reason for this was because even though these were short stories they had a lot to tell and teach you. If you wanted to understand what was happening and why the characters did what they did you had to analyze the text and reread the story. But once you do all that and actually understand what’s happening in the story now you have to find the right words to put in your essay. I overcame all these obstacles because every time I felt like not doing it I told myself that I was going to amount to nothing if I don’t pass this class with a B or higher. Because I know this class will benefit me in my future.
I learned so much from this course this semester. I learned how to properly organize my work, prepare for a interview, write a good resumé, and how to prepare for becoming an adult. I also had many tactics to complete my work. Like the saying I say to myself and I also add reminders on my phone that constantly remind me to do my homework. I really want to go to college so that is my main motivation to complete my class work and homework.
If someone told me right now that I was organized when I first started in August I would laugh and say your crazy because I had no idea what to do when I first started. I have evolved so much from where I was at the beginning. Now I know why I shouldn’t be lazy at what I do because there are no do overs in life. I remember how the story “ The Pedestrian” taught me how to enjoy the little things while they last, even if it’s just a little walk out at night. I truly do feel like I have come far from where I was and I thank Dr. Preston for that.