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Expect the unexpected. Everyone said college work would be different than that of high school. Although I  had already been advised of this, I did not expect such a heavy change...but boy were they right. College work is no joke at all. The work has proven itself as challenging in that the expectation levels are much higher. I am still having a little trouble adjusting to the responsibilities attatched to being a college student however I know that I will eventually learn the ropes the way those who came before me did.

I am honestly a little mindblown. Never did I imagine I would find such a challenge in subjects I had such familiarity with. Even though English literacy remains as one of my strengths, the assignments of English 1101 have been very demanding.

 Despite the trials paired with the assignments given, I have found the tasks from our English class, rewarding. I used to compose personal writings all of the time. In my most recent years, most of the writings I have completed have been informative research papers. Mrs. Igram has pushed me to challenge myself and go back to the more creative roots of writing. Planning my literary narration was not all that difficult. The word webs and timelines we worked on out of the English books served as crucial tools in my writing process. Through them, I was able to expand the details of literary events throughout my life. With more ideas, come better angles. Once our papers were written, we were able to have our first workshop session. It was pretty great to receive honest feedback from my peers. My group members and I worked really well together, complimenting each other's abilities. I felt genuine support from my classmates. We did our best to follow the advice given to us in the book. Having gone through my first workshop, I plan to make revisions for myself as well, and take the criticisms given to me by my peers into account through my editing process. I feel that it is important to make several revisions prior to editing in order to produce an improved piece of writing.

As we further our writing, I see our college reading assignments coming in handy. So far, the passages we have read have allowed me to improve my writing process. I have been able to plan in a more organized manner as well as take the right provisions to make revisions and edits. Thinking ahead to a semester when I will be taking full course load, I predict I will get my reading done well in segments. In order to do that I will have to manage my time efficiently.

I still feel anxious about planning my time on my own but as of now I don't have any questions about that.