1) Analyze the comments I made to your Feb 10 assignment. What was your reaction?
(DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE GRADE YOU RECEIVED. THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF THIS EXERCISE)
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2) Compare your work to that of Gabriela. What conclusions do you draw?
Incidentally, I want you to know that Gabriela was not the only one to perform well in the assignment. So, if you are satisfied with your work, by all means, feel free to say so (I AM TALKING ABOUT WHETHERYOU WERE HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF YOUR OWN WORK, NOT THE GRADE YOU GOT!)
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ReplyDeleteWhen I read through the comments posted to my feb 10 assignment, the first feeling I experienced was that of of utter disbelief. As a student who has been studying English for almost 4 years now, I could not believe the numerous syntactical errors and sentence inadequacies in my writing that the professor had pointed out; I had surely thought that I was past these pitfalls.However, as I took some time to reread my work in detail, I felt the sense of disbelief I was experiencing slowly morph into the sharp pang of shame with each and every grammar mistake and ambiguous sentence that I came across. This feeling of shame rests in me now even as I type this, in that I know very well that I am capable of submitting a higher quality of work; laziness and neglect in not rereading my writing for these errors is simply unacceptable, and it cannot be appear in my assignments going forward if I am to achieve in class. I will carry this sense of shame into the next assignment, but I will look to it as motivation for what I CAN and SHOULD be doing in my writing assignments, as a means of ensuring that I never make these same mistakes again.
ReplyDelete2.Looking at my work next to that of Gabriela's, I am immediately able to locate what went wrong in my own assignment. Where my responses are loaded and ambiguous, Gabriela's are short and straightforward, enabling her to clearly convey her ideas instead of leaving readers scrambling for additional clarification. She is less concerned with the "finesse" of her sentences and instead focused on fleshing her out her thoughts in a clear and concise manner, a tactic that I will look to adopt in my own assignments going forward.
After reading through the comments of my assignment, I was pleased that I had properly sorted out my thoughts and emotions into words, since I usually am not very good at it. I usually find it difficult to put my thoughts into words. However, for this particular topic, my thoughts were fueled by emotion and flowed very easily since it was something I am so passionate about. Im glad that I can now use the skills that I used in this assignment and apply it to other aspects of my college career, even with topics I am not so passionate about.
ReplyDeleteI failed to do the assignment due February 10th so I can not discuss the comments nor compare my work to Gabriela's.
ReplyDelete1.My first reaction after receiving my graded assignment was shock. This was the first time in my academic career that I received an unsatisfactory grade and comments that were negative. I did not understand why the comments were as they were at all. But after reading the assignment tasks and then the feedback, I started to understand why the grade was the way it was.
ReplyDelete2.After reading Gabriela’s work, I finally understood what I did wrong. Unlike Gabriela, I did not speak from the heart. She was able to articulate her thoughts and emotions in a simple and clear way. In my response, I did not discuss my feelings to the extent that would have showed my understanding of the task. I must learn how to change my writing style to include my personal thoughts and ideas. If I am able to do this in future assignments, I am sure that my assignment grades would be much better than the first one.
1. I haven't seen my assignment feedback and I done know where to locate it along with my grade.
ReplyDelete2. Comparing my work to Gabriela's I feel that we both wrote our actual feelings and thoughts while responding to the questions asked in the assignment
Being the first assignment, I was ok with the comments that the professor made. It is as expected from a first assignment.
ReplyDeleteIn comparison to Gabriela's, my thoughts and stance were clearly and immediately expressed.
Unfortunately, I did not receive a grade as of yet. I believe my assignment was very well thought out, but maybe there is something I missed that I am not aware of. I hope we can talk this out sometime.
ReplyDelete2. As for Gabriela's work and mine, I think our responses were quiet similar. We both connected to the reading in similar ways. The reading brought us to think about the anti immigrant situation we are in today.
1. I was pleased with the comments from the professor. To be honest, I was very, very anxious about the assignment and I was very sure that I received a bad grade because I kept thinking about what I may have done wrong. This feeling though, no matter how nerve wracking, is actually very good for me. I think it challenges me to do my best and it keeps me on my toes.
ReplyDelete2. My response was similar to Gabriela's in that I drew the horror I felt about the depiction of Italian Americans to my own experience as an African immigrant to the United States. It is the personal experiences that make this course so interesting and I look forward to reading more of my classmates' experiences and reactions.
1) Professor gave me very positive feedback, he showed me my main mistakes and I knew was having those problems. I am in this country only a few year and I am working on my English still, I know it is not an excuse but I will try more to get good result as my classmates.
ReplyDelete2) Comparing my work to Gabriela’s there was very big difference. I know did not do very good job with my grammar but also my thinking was not as deep as hers. She expressed every point of this cartoons. As I said before I will work on my mistakes and will try to have good grades.