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Cian Clements

English Composition

Brianna Wipf

December 5, 2024

Semester Reflection

This semester, I changed substantially as a writer, a reader, and as a scholar. My

experiences in my various classes emphasized my individual strengths and weaknesses, which

allowed me to adapt my style of learning and working to become a better student. I made many

mistakes, as does everyone in the transition from high school to college, but I am thankful that I

was able to realize my errors and find their solutions.

In high school, especially English classes, I never felt truly challenged. I was always able

to pass and even excel in some classes without putting much thought or effort into my work.

Going from that to college was a huge change, and I soon realized that I had to actively engage

myself in learning if I wanted to succeed. I gradually discovered the learning strategies that

worked best for me: finding a quiet campus location (not my dorm), turning off my phone

notifications, using the “focus” mode in Microsoft Word, and drowning out my thoughts with

brown noise. I found that this instantly improved my attention span and ability to stay on task.

Reading was another issue. I rarely find enjoyment in reading books, unless they are very

specific to what I enjoy learning about. I would always much rather watch a movie or YouTube

video. Thankfully, I found strategies to trick my brain into reading. The hardest part of reading

for me was getting started, so I utilized text to speech or audiobook features to better engage

myself. Learning visually is also helpful to me, as I sometimes struggle picturing in my head
what I’m reading. To help with this, I would search images or YouTube videos related to the

reading and call back to the text to get a better understanding.

I am still discovering who I am as a student and scholar, however I have realized a few of

my strengths. I am great at critical thinking and problem solving. I routinely ask myself

questions and I can never rest until I figure out the answer. However, I do struggle routinely with

formulating my thinking into words. That, I believe, is my main struggle with writing. My usual

process for writing papers is to sit down and type out whatever I’m thinking, and then go through

and make changes. It’s not an awful strategy, but I know it can be improved. Throughout this

semester, though, I did notice my writing improve substantially from senior year of high school,

in quality and formatting. Occasionally this semester, I have even found writing rather enjoyable.

This makes doing written assignments entirely easier, as I don’t have the attitude of getting it

done just to get it done. This also makes me more confident when approaching a writing

assignment and improves my ability to convey my ideas on paper.

This semester, I learned the importance of not procrastinating on assignments, working

effectively and efficiently, and incentivizing myself to complete assignments. I discovered, this

semester, the feeling of satisfaction from completing work in a timely manner and the relief from

having the burden lifted off my shoulders. I’m glad I was able to discover so much about my

learning and work style and that I was able to improve it as quickly as possible.

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