MY LEARNING FALL AND RISE

 When I entered this class for the first time since last year I felt confident of taking this class for the second time. I thought that it was going to be fairly easy. Little did I know I was in for a treat. The class this year was different. My learning experience has been different every year, especially after taking your class least year i felt way more confident and responsible for my work ethic and time management. 

 That first day that I met you after our departure from the class last year was familiar to what you said last year. I expected that you were going to leave the class and give us the option of choosing the way we learn this year. I mentioned to my fellow class mates that its fun learning with open source but that's if your up to putting in the time an effort and the whole class choose open source learning. My experiences this year have been different because there has been more memorization that we have had to do since from last year and I feel like i have to be more focused than I ever have. This years course has helped me in prove on my work ethic over the past 4 months, and how I approach my writing. I take more time to think about what I'm going to write, and once i start writing I just let my mind take over.

 The challenge I faced this year was writing better journals and I finally accomplished a few journals that I am proud of. These 3 journals are 11/21/19, 12/3/19, and 12/4/19. Memorizing the poetry has been a struggle I have had since last year because I struggle memorizing things. Last year you said it was like memorizing a football play but this year i didn't even know our offensives plays, I only knew the defense stuff. I don't remember us reading essays allot last year, like we do this year and most of these essays have inspired me to do better in this class, and as a person. The essay titled "On Self Reliance" really showed me allot about how to learn more about myself and appreciate my self allot more than ever. 

 I felt that my work ethic was taking a down fall last month but i have picked up over these last few weeks. I took time t spend by myself over the break and I found out my goals and intentions of what I want to be. It inspired me to work more and keep myself in check everyday. I also make sure I don't sleep until I have finished my homework or class work that I owe. The thought of me just typing and then checking my writing after I'm done really helped my write because it helped me just write out my thoughts without thinking twice about them, and then I would go back and double check my writing and mistakes in it. I also feel that I have been more successful in my writing this year because of the amount of practice I have every day in the journals and when we do the reflection on what grade we think we deserve. That makes me reflect more on the semester and explain why I deserve the grade I deserve and what I have done to accomplish it. 

 The routines I made to polish up my time management were different from my other schedules. I get home clean up, make food and then I start doing homework. What made me smile while we learned was this quote from On Self Reliance " There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come" I liked this because it mentioned that acting like some one else kills your uniqueness as an individual. It made me smile because it helped me find out who is real and who is fake.

 I am different know as a learner than I was in August because I am more focused and driven towards my goals in life. I have evolved by taking my time to think things threw before I mention them and i make sure to have evidence to support my ideas. I am no longer scared to be myself and mention my opinions.