Reflection Essay

I have taken several classes at SUNY Farmingdale and even at New York Institute of Technology. Every class has taught me new things. Some of these classes have been a lot of fun and other classes like physics and statistics have made me go crazy over the confusing formulas and math problems! Even when I took English 101 I felt that it writing and reading is something that is not in me. I found it extremely boring and unnecessary.

When I signed up for English 102 the first thought that came to my mind was, “I cannot believe I have to do this one more time!” I have never been a fan or reading stories and especially poems. To my surprise, the very first day of class I got interested in the story. Having a professor that has the proper knowledge and shares common interests with his/her students can make all the difference. I still don’t clearly understand some of the things we read but I still look forward to getting to class and finding out deeper meanings of the story or poem.

I’m sure you may have already noticed that I am not the best writer in the world after readying the essays that I have posted. My writing was actually far worse than what you see. Being able to revise my papers once after it has been graded helped me realize what I need to change to improve my writing. I was completely disinterested in writing papers because I knew I was not good at it. I never even let anyone read my papers because of this. But after learning the material from this class I have more confidence in writing papers and I have started to enjoy it too.

Like many other males, I always felt poems couldn’t be made fun no matter how you rhyme it or how deep of a meaning it may have. This was complete a misconception on my part. After realizing in a class discussion that even the famous artists of today like Eminem and 50 cent use poetry to make their songs, I found myself trying to create my own rhymes. Through this class I learned that poems are a good way of passing on any kind of message and emotion and above all, it is meant to read by males just as much as females.

I would rank the experience I had in this class as one of my top 5. This class made me think about new ideas and it helped me view my life from a different perspective. It showed me a side of me that even I did not know ever existed. I have friends taking the same class with a different professor and are having the worse time of their lives. This means that having the right professor can make all the difference. Having to make your own blog as a final assignment? I never thought that would be a part of my English final! It was a good experience and my class mates only made it that much more fun and interesting with their deep thoughts and ideas.