Journal 1

I did not have to take ENC1101 but I did take English classes throughout high school. My experiences in English classes were not the best, though I wouldn’t say they were bad. Freshman year I had the sweetest English teacher imaginable, and I actually enjoyed going to class because she made it very fun and entertaining. We read mostly short stories and just a few long novels and we usually had to do an essay on the novels and just quizzes on the short stories. Sophomore year English was not so pleasant. My teacher was very tough and made us do so many pointless assignments and projects that didn’t really relate to our readings at all. And the assigned readings were extremely boring and hard to get through. I would have to say my junior year English class was probably the best I have ever had. We had to do a big research paper at the end of the year and a paper on each major book that we read, but I learned so much from her class, probably more than I learned in my other English classes throughout high school combined. She taught us so many great writing techniques and strategies that I still use every time I write. Senior year of high school was probably the worst English class I have ever had. My teacher was really into British theater and so many of the assignments focused on dressing up and acting things out and I was not really into that at all. It was more like a drama class than an English class. Overall, I would say that I haven’t really enjoyed taking English classes, but maybe this semester that will change.